Petroleum Realty II, LLC v. Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Boggs, Judge.

Petroleum Realty II, LLC and Petroleum Realty V, LLC (collectively “Petroleum Realty”) appeal from a superior court order granting Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP’s (“MMM”) motion to dismiss. *103Petroleum Realty asserts that the trial court erred by concluding its complaint for abusive litigation failed as a matter of law because it could not establish that MMM acted “[w]ithout substantial justification” as required by OCGA § 51-7-81. For the reasons explained below, we disagree and affirm.

We review the trial court’s grant of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim de novo,…