Home Owners Warranty Corp. v. Pinewood Builders, Inc.

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Appellant Home Owners Warranty Corporation, the plaintiff below, brings this appeal from the trial court’s dismissal, with prejudice, of its complaint following a failure of counsel to appear at the call of the case for trial.

Home Owners filed this complaint against Pinewood Builders, following a disagreement regarding an alleged failure of Pinewood to comply with its contract with Home Owners. Appellee failed to file a timely answer, but filed within the statutory period to open default as a matter of right. The record shows the Clerk of the State Court of DeKalb County…