Norman v. Nationwide Credit, Inc.

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellee-plaintiff brought suit, seeking damages based upon allegations that appellant-defendant had breached a covenant not to compete. The case was tried before a jury and a verdict “in the amount of $0” was returned. It is from the judgment entered on this verdict that appellant appeals.

Appellant does not have standing to appeal because “ ‘[t]he jury verdict for zero damages . . . was a judgment for [appellant]. (Cit.)’ [Cit.]” (Emphasis supplied.) Gielow v. Strickland, 185 Ga. App. 85, 87 (4) (363 SE2d 278) (1987). See also Benton v. Wesley Machinery, 191 Ga. App.…