BLANTON v. CRUMP HEATING & AIR, LLC Et Al.

Bethel, Judge.

This appeal challenges a superior court order granting summary judgment to defendants on the basis that the plaintiff had previously settled the same claims in a magistrate court action. Because it is the law of this State that an attorney of record has apparent authority to enter into an agreement on behalf of his client, and such an agreement is enforceable against his client by other settling parties, and because the plaintiff provided no notice of his intention to pursue his counterclaim following the defendant's voluntary dismissal, we find that no genuine issue of material…