Fortson v. Hotard

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that complaint was properly dismissed when plaintiffs failed to establish first element of legal malpractice—employment of the attorney
• appellant filed notice of appeal before trial court had ruled on motion for reconsideration, divesting tried court of jurisdiction to reconsider its order
• complaint failed to state a claim for abusive litigation where plaintiff did not allege that defendant took an active part in the initiation or continuation of civil proceedings against plaintiff

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• The Estate of Robert Hunter Nixon v. W. Keith Barber
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-01-26· cited 24×
• Fortson v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 18×
• Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-16· cited 14×
• Adamson v. General Electric Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-22· cited 12×
• McLeod v. Clements
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-16· cited 12×
• MOORE v. McKINNEY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-11· cited 8×
• Fortson v. Freeman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-08· cited 8×
• McLeod v. Clements
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-22· cited 4×
• Hays v. Page Perry, LLC
  N.D. Georgia· 2014-06-10· cited 2×
• Sreng v. Trairatanaram Temple, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-06-10
• Mohammed Abdul Hafeez Mughni v. Beyond Management Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-21
• Global Payments Direct, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-30
• LARRY C. OLDHAM v. PHILLIP M. LANDRUM, III
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-02-23

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Davis v. Harpagon Co., LLC
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-16· cited 32×
• LaSonde v. Chase Mortgage Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-01-31· cited 26×
• Johnson v. Rodier
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-02-10· cited 23×
• Studard v. Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-05· cited 22×
• Walker v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-08· cited 19×
• Guthrie v. Wickes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-10· cited 19×
• Majeed v. Randall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-05-19· cited 16×
• Simon v. City of Atlanta
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-08-07· cited 13×
• Levy v. Reiner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-24· cited 13×
• Paden v. Rudd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-17· cited 13×
• Perry v. Ossick
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-01-26· cited 12×
• Cronin v. Homesales, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-29· cited 10×
• Stamps v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-05-10· cited 5×