OLIVER Et Al. v. McDADE Et Al.

DOYLE, Presiding Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of a defense motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether the plaintiff in a personal injury action arising from a motor vehicle collision may recover damages for emotional distress under Georgia’s “pecuniary loss” rule. Because there exist genuine issues of material fact and the trial court did not err as a matter of law, we affirm.

Summary judgment is appropriate only if the pleadings and evidence “show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is…