HOWELL Et Al. v. NORMAL LIFE OF GEORGIA, INC. Et Al.; And Vice Versa

Given the record before us, I agree with the majority that the plaintiff’s negligence and breach-of-contract claims fail as a matter of law under the wrongful-conduct rule, but I do not agree with all that is said in the majority’s opinion regarding the guilty plea entered by Christopher Tiegreen. I therefore concur only in the judgment, and the majority opinion may not be cited as binding precedent. See Court of Appeals Rule 33 (a).

As the majority notes, under Georgia’s wrongful-conduct rule, “one may not profit from his own act of wrongdoing. Therefore, when one knowingly commits a wrongful…