# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

ATLANTA,_

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Th e Co u rt

o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A1 9 D0 13 8 . ANDREA ENGELMAN v . RANDALL M. KESSLER et a l.

An d rea E n g el m an , rep res en t ed b y at t o rn ey Tam el a Ad k i n s , fi l ed an act i o n fo r

m al p ract i ce an d o t h er cl ai m s ag ai n s t t h e at t orn ey s wh o rep res en t ed h er i n a d i v o rce

act i on

. In t he m al p ract i ce cas e, En g el m an fi led s ev eral m o ti o n s t o co m p el d i s co v ery

fro m t wo n o n -p art i es , w h i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d en i ed

. Th e n o n -p art i es fi l ed req u es t s fo r

at t o rn ey fees i n co n n ect i o n w i t h t h ei r d efen s e o f t h e m o t io n s t o co m p el

. Ul t i m at el y , 1

t h e t ri al co u rt en t ere d a n o rd er d i rect i n g at t o rn ey Ad k i n s (n o t En g el m an ) t o p ay a

d i s co v ery s an ct io n o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 t o t h e n o n -p art ies

. Ad k in s fi led t hi s ap pl i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

, arg u i n g t h at t h e t ri al

co u rt co m m it t ed rev ers i b l e erro r i n award in g t h e d i s co v ery s an ct io n

. Su b s eq u en t l y ,
En g el m an an d t h e n o n -p art i es fi l ed a “ J oi n t Mo t i o n t o Di s m i s s Wi t h Preju d i ce,”

as k i n g th i s C o u rt t o d i s m is s Ad k i n s ’ s ap p l i cat i o n

. Th e m o t i o n t o d i sm i s s was fi l ed

i n t he n am e o f En gel m an , n o t h er s an ct io n ed at t o rn ey wh o bro u g h t t h e ap p l i cat i o n.

N e v e r t h e l e s s, t h e m o t io n s t at es t h at i t i s fi l ed b y En g el m an “ b y an d t h ro u g h h e r

a t t o r n e y o f reco rd

, ” an d t h e m o t i o n b ears an “ / s / ” s i g n at ure b y Ad k in s

. W e wi l l

t h erefo re t reat t h e m o t i o n as a req u es t b y t he ap p l i can t t o wi t hd raw t h e ap p l i cat i o n.
Ap p li can t ’ s req ues t to wi t h d raw t h e ap p l i cat i o n i s h ereb y GRANTED, an d t h i s

1 Th e tri al co u rt al so g ran t ed i n p art an d den i ed i n p art t h e d efen d an t at t o rn ey s ’

m o ti o n fo r su m

m ary j udgm e nt a

nd de nie d E nge lm a n’ s m o t i on fo r s u m m ary ju d g m en t

. On t h e p art i es ’ cro s s -ap p eal s , we affi rm ed i n p art

, v acat ed i n p art

, an d rem an d ed t h e

cas e t o th e t ri al co u rt

. En g el ma n v. Kes s l er , 2 4 0 Ga. Ap p

. 2 3 9 (7 9 7 SE2 d 1 6 0 ) (2 0 1 7 ).

Th e p art i es t h en s et t l ed t h e rem ai n i n g c l a i m s , aft er w h i ch th e n o n -p art ies ren ewed

t h ei r req ues t fo r at to rn ey

fees i n co nn ect i o n wi t h En g el m an ’ s m ot i o n s t o co m p el

. November 09, 2018ap p li cat io n i s d eem ed W ITHDRAW N.

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

f G e o r g ia

C le r k ’ s O f f i c e

, A t la n t a

,

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e i s a t r u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

. W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d th e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

.

, C l e r k

. 11/09/2018