Legal Opinion

Hackney v. American Prescription Providers of Georgia, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 22, 2002No. A02A1553PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Barnes, Judge.

Edmund F. Hackney appeals the denial of his motion to compel answers to request for production of documents from an out-of-state entity which is not a party to the litigation. For the reasons that follow, we must dismiss the appeal.

Our first consideration is whether we have jurisdiction over this appeal. Atlantic-Canadian Corp. v. Hammer, Siler &c. Assoc., 167 Ga. App. 257 (1) (306 SE2d 22) (1983). The discovery Hackney sought in this motion to compel was allegedly relevant only to his third-party complaint against American Prescription Providers of Georgia, Inc.

After the motion…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Chastain v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Atlantic-Canadian Corp. v. Hammer, Siler, George Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  3. Gober v. Colonial Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1972

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. American International Industries v. Matthew UnderwoodCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020
  2. John M. Griffin v. U.S. Cavalry, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  3. Perdue v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Perdue v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

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