· 1/7/1993
Steele v. Russell
Citations
- 424 S.E.2d 272
- 262 Ga. 651
- 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 153
- 1993 Ga. LEXIS 63
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that fees and expenses recoverable pursuant to OCGA § 13-6-11 are \ancillary and may only be recovered where other elements of damage are also recoverable\
- “[T]he expenses of litigation recoverable pursuant to OCGA § 13-6-11 are ancillary and may only be recovered where other elements of damage are also recoverable.”
- “[E]xpenses of litigation recoverable pursuant to OCGA § 13–6–11 are ancillary and may only be re- covered where other elements of damage are also recoverable.”
- damages under OCGA § 13- 6-11 “are available to a defendant only where the defendant has brought a counterclaim asserting a claim for relief wholly independent of any assertion as to plaintiff’s bad faith, litigiousness, and/or harassment in bringing the underlying action”
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Judges: Fletcher, Clarke, Hunt, Benham, Sears-Collins, Hunstein
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