Shields v. Gish

How courts have described this case

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• finding an “improper basis, amounting to a nonamendable defect on the face of the record” where trial court entered default judgment, and denied motion to set aside under OCGA § 9-11-60 (d) (3), because a party had not answered an amended complaint where no such answer was required
• “[T]he determination of liability for punitive damages and the amount of punitive damages are two separate issues. Only liability for punitive damages results from the default.” (footnote omitted)
• the trial court “itself [must] affirmatively order[ ] such answer”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).