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· 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

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

  • 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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