Southeast Consultants, Inc. v. O'Pry

How courts have described this case

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

• noting subcontractor defendants “had ample opportunity to show that the house at least had some ‘scrap value,’ but there is no such evidence” and hence plaintiffs’ estimate of zero value would be accepted
• measure of damages for negligent misrepresentation by-engineers who performed erroneous percolation tests for new house is the difference in the current value of the house and the value as it should have been built
• laypersons justifiably relied on misrepresentations by professionals

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Simpson Consulting, Inc. v. Barclays Bank PLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-28· cited 35×
• BDO Seidman, LLP v. Mindis Acquisition Corp.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-03-10· cited 25×
• Generali — U. S. Branch v. Southeastern Security Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-07· cited 18×
• Fincher v. Holt (In Re Holt)
  M.D. Georgia· 1994-10-25· cited 11×
• Salmon v. Pearson & Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-01· cited 7×
• American Motorists Insurance v. King Shrimp Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-06-03· cited 5×
• Garner v. Blair
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-08-02· cited 2×
• Gudger Surveying, Inc. v. Paul Lee Consulting Engineering Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-10-05
• Jefferson Consultants, Inc. v. Jeffries
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-07-30

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Robert & Company Associates v. Rhodes-Haverty Partnership
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-09· cited 133×
• Georgia-Carolina Brick & Tile Co. v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-03-06· cited 107×
• Mercer v. J. & M. TRANSPORTATION CO.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1961-02-09· cited 28×
• Williams v. Runion
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-11-29· cited 25×
• Stone v. Cook
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-24· cited 21×
• Ray v. Strawsma
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-18· cited 16×
• Lyons v. EMPLOYERS MUT. &C. INS. CO.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-09-27· cited 14×
• Dixon v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-07· cited 12×
• Piedmont Builders, Inc. v. Fullerton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-01-14· cited 11×
• Hutto v. Shedd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-01-30· cited 11×
• Department of Transportation v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-08· cited 9×
• Hortman v. Cantrell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-01-14· cited 8×
• Getz Exterminators of Georgia, Inc. v. Towe
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-09-06· cited 8×