Cryomedics, Inc. v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• entry of default judgment on liability alone does not amount to final judgment for purposes of opening default
• trial court’s entry of default judgment on issue of liability in personal injury action was not “final judgment” under OCGA § 9-11-55 (b), even though court denominated it as such
• a default judgment as to liability only is not a final judgment
• “[I]t is not the policy of Georgia courts to set up procedural traps for the unwary. Rather, it is our duty to liberally construe the CPA to reach the merits of each case in order to do substantial justice to the parties.”
• “OCGA § 9-11-54 (b) cannot be used to bifurcate the same claim into two issues—liability and damages—so as to transform a ruling strictly on the issue of liability into a final judgment, representing final judicial action and the vesting of rights, within the meaning of OCGA § 9-11-55 (b

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