Georgia Court of Appeals

Douglas J. Davis et al.. v. Crescent Holdings & Investments, LLC

A15A2389 March 23, 2016 Reversed

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What the court decided

The legal issue was whether a trial court could amend an attorney fee award outside the term of court by substituting one entity name for another and adding new parties. The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the decision, holding that changing the parties to be sanctioned constitutes a substantive modification requiring a motion within the original term of court.