Vinings Bank v. Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC

Melton, Justice.

In Vinings Bank v. Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, 328 Ga. App. 636 (759 SE2d 886) (2014), the Court of Appeals affirmed, among other rulings, the trial court’s determination that Vinings Bank (“Bank”) was not entitled to summary judgment with regard to a counterclaim for conversion brought against the Bank by Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (“B&G”). We granted certiorari to determine the propriety of this decision. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

As summarized below,

[tjhis case arises from a defaulted $1.4 million business loan that [the Bank] made to…