Grand v. Hope

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing award of damages following default judgment because “[i]mplicit in [the plaintiff’s] lawsuit [was] an unsupported legal theory or conclusion of law” and the plaintiff was “trying to obtain damages for which there is no basis in law”
• “when an award of actual damages fails, the award of punitive damages must likewise fail”
• default does not preclude a defendant from showing under the facts admitted that no claim existed
• “[U]nder Georgia law, unless a judgment is void on its face, it may not be attacked collaterally. ... This is true regardless of any purported irregularity or error in the judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2012-10-01· cited 417×
• Fink v. Dodd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-06· cited 33×
• Willis v. Allstate Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-27· cited 24×
• Baker v. Huff
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-05· cited 12×
• EnduraCare Therapy Management, Inc. v. Drake
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-20· cited 10×
• NORTHPOINT GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-10-15· cited 8×
• Hooker v. Roberson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-22· cited 6×
• WOLFFE Et Al. v. LENDER TITLE & ESCROW, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 2×
• Eric Paris v. E. Michael Ruberti, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
• Samuel Van Amburgh v. Mallori Morris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-03-10
• Corey Hooker v. Korey Roberson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-22
• Linda Willis v. Allstate Insurance Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-27
• Rhonda Renae Jones as for the Estate of Patricia Huff v. Joshua E. Huff as Administrator Cum Testamenta Annexo for the Estate of Harlan E. Huff
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-05
• JULIE SHADRIX v. JOSEPH D. WILLINGHAM
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-02-17

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Magnetic Resonance Plus, Inc. v. Imaging Systems International
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-02· cited 60×
• Stroud v. Elias
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-24· cited 52×
• Ghrist v. Fricks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-01· cited 46×
• ServiceMaster Co., LP v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-15· cited 39×
• Stiefel v. Schick
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-12-03· cited 38×
• Standridge v. Spillers
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-25· cited 27×
• Roddenberry v. Roddenberry
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-05-07· cited 27×
• Glynn County Federal Employees Credit Union v. Peagler
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-10-07· cited 25×
• Parris v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-06· cited 20×
• Department of Human Resources v. Cowan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-19· cited 15×
• Shepherd v. Epps
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-06-18· cited 14×
• Cohen v. Nudelman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-09-09· cited 13×
• Matthews Group & Associates, Inc. v. Wages
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-02· cited 12×
• Spires v. Tarleton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-04· cited 11×
• McCurry v. Harding
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-12· cited 9×
• Blue Ridge Park Nurseries v. Owen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1930-02-12· cited 9×
• Southern Guaranty Insurance v. Sinclair
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-09-04· cited 7×
• Hopkinson v. Labovitz
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-10-06· cited 3×