Legal Opinion
K-Mart Corp. v. Hackett
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 18, 1999No. A98A2420, A98A2421PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
K-Mart appeals the judgment in Case No. A98A2420, a tort action, in which liability was established by default judgment, following jury trial as to damages. K-Mart contends that the trial court erred in denying its motion to set aside default judgment and request for leave to file out-of-time answer and in entering judgment against it for punitive damages.
In Case No. A98A2421, Antonio Hackett and Allison Studdard (plaintiffs) appeal the trial court’s grant of K-Mart’s motion to withdraw admissions of fact and the imposition of a cap on the punitive damage award, pursuant to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- MacDonald v. MacDonaldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Sayer v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Drug Emporium, Inc. v. PeaksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Cohran v. CarlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
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