Scott v. DeKALB COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

Shulman, Chief Judge.

Appellants’ suit was dismissed for failure to take a written order in the case for over five years. OCGA § 9-2-60 (b) (Code Ann. § 3-512). That statute provides for automatic dismissal of “[a]ny action or other proceeding filed in any of the courts of this state in which no written order is taken for a period of five years...” They now appeal, contending that publication in the county’s legal organ of a court calendar relating to the case constitutes a “written order” within the meaning of OCGA § 9-2-60 (b) (Code Ann. § 3-512).

1. In order to satisfy the statute, an order…