Vogtle v. Coleman

Sognier, Judge.

Alvin Vogtle appeals from the judgment on the jury verdict awarding Woodrow Coleman $35,000 for abusive litigation in Case No. 76283. It is consolidated in this opinion with Vogtle’s appeal in Case No. 76418 from the trial court’s award in favor of Coleman for *160$33,254.60 in attorney fees pursuant to OCGA § 9-15-14.

In June 1983, Anne Bloomer and others (“Bloomer”) filed suit against appellant alleging he had constructed and maintained a fence across a public road so as to deny them access to Stephens Cemetery, where their ancestors were interred, and that appellant had allowed…