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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 :

A2 1 A1 05 8 . SHENI KA PEREI RA v . TERRY CARPENTER et a l.

S h e n i k a P e r e i r a s u e d Terry Carp en t er an d San d ra Carp en t er fo r d a m a g e s

a r i s i n g o u t o f a d o g bi t i n g i n ci d en t

. T h e Carp en t ers fi l ed a m ot i o n to en fo rce a

s et t l em en t ag reem en t

. T h e t ri al co u rt en t ered an ord er g ran t i n g t h e m o t i o n wh erei n

i t ex p res s l y s t at ed th at i t wo u l d en t er an o rd er d is m i s s i n g t h e cas e u p on re c e i v i n g

n o t i fi cat i o n t h at t he Carp en ters p ai d $ 5

, 3 3 1 .8 4 t o Perei ra. Perei ra fi l ed t h i s d i rect

ap p eal . W e l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

Un d er OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (1 ), ap p eal s g en eral l y m ay be t ak en fro m “ [a] l l fi n al

ju d g m en t s , t h at i s t o s ay , wh ere t h e cas e i s n o l o n g er p en d i n g i n t h e co u rt bel o w.” An

o rd er g ran t i n g a m o t io n t o en fo rce a s et t lem en t ag reem en t “ i s n o t fi n al u n t i l t h e t ri al

co u rt ex p res s l y e n t ers fi n al ju d g m en t o n t h at o rd er.” Th o ma s v. S h ep p a r d

, 3 4 9 Ga.

Ap p

. 8 7 1

, 8 7 1 (8 2 7 SE2 d 60 ) (2 0 1 9) (p u n ct uat i o n o m i t t ed ). Th us , “ n o t wi t h s t an d i n g

t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s g ran t o f a m o t i o n t o en fo rce a set t l em en t, a cas e i s n o t at an en d u n t i l

s u ch a t i m e as t h e ag reem en t h as b een m ad e t he ju d g m en t o f t h e c o u r t

, t h ereb y

t erm i n at i n g th e l i t i g at i o n .” To r r es v. El ki n , 3 1 7 Ga. Ap p

. 1 3 5

, 1 3 9 (1 ) (7 3 0 SE2 d 5 1 8 )

(2 0 1 2) (p u n ct u at i o n o m i t ted ); acco rd Un der wo o d v. Un d er wo o d

, 2 8 2 G a. 6 4 3

, 6 4 4

(1 ) (6 51 SE2 d 7 36 ) (2 0 0 7 ).

Here, t h e reco rd co n t ai n s n o i n di cat i o n t h at t he t ri al co u rt has en t ered a fi n al

ju d g m en t an d m ad e t h e s et t l em en t ag reem en t t h e ju d g m en t o f t h e co u rt

. April 01, 2021Co n s eq u en t l y , b ecau s e no fi nal ju dg m en t h as b een en t ered , Perei ra was req u i red t o

fo l l o w t h e i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p eal p ro ced u res

– in cl u d i n g o bt ai ni n g a cert i f i c a t e o f

i m m ed i at e rev i ew fro m th e t ri al co u rt – t o ap peal t h e o rd er g ran ti n g t h e Carp en t ers ’ s

m o ti o n t o en fo rce t h e s et t lem en t ag reem en t. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ); Bo yd v. S t a t e ,

1 9 1 Ga. Ap p

. 43 5

, 4 3 5 (3 8 3 S E 2 d 9 0 6 ) (1 9 8 9 ). Her fai l ure t o d o s o d ep ri v es u s o f

ju ri s d i ct i o n ov er th is ap p eal

, wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. See Ba il ey v. Ba i l ey , 2 6 6

Ga. 8 3 2 , 8 3 3 (4 7 1 SE2 d 2 1 3 ) (1 9 9 6 ).

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f G e o r g ia

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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

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, C l e r k

. 04/01/2021