# 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 6 A1 13 9

. A1 6 A1 1 41

. ANGELA COLLI NS et a l. v

. XYTEX CORPORATI ON

et a l

.

Pl ai n t i ffs An g el a Co l l i n s an d M arg aret El i zab et h H an s o n fi l ed an act i o n

ag ai n s t d efen d an t s Xy te x C or por a tion, Xy t ex Cry o In tern at i o n al

, LTD, M ary Hart l ey

, ( c o l l ect i v el y referred t o as “ Xy t ex ”), an d J am es Ch ri st i an A g g el es (“ t h e d o n o r ” )

,

al l eg in g t h e d efen d an t s wi t h h el d p ert i n en t i n fo rm at i o n an d m i sr e p r e s en t ed

i n fo rm at i o n reg ard i n g a s p erm d o n o r. Xy t ex fi l ed a m o t i o n t o d i s m i ss th e p l ai n t i ffs ’

cl ai m s

. On O ct o b er 2 0

, 20 1 5

, th e t ri al co u rt g ran t ed Xy t ex ’ s m o t i o n to d i s m i s s an d

d i s m i s s ed al l t h e cl ai m s as t o al l t h e d efen d an ts

, i n cl u d i n g t h e d o n o r. Th e p l ai n t i ffs

fi led a n o t i ce o f ap p eal o n No v em b er 2 4, 20 1 5

. 1 Xy t ex al s o fi l ed a cro s s -ap p eal

reg ard i n g t h e t ri al co urt ’ s Oct o b er 2 0, 2 0 15 o rd er. W e, h owev er, l ack ju ri sd i ct i o n

.

A n o t i ce o f ap p eal m

u st b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s aft er t h e en t ry o f t h e t ri al

co u rt ’ s o rd er. O CGA § 5-6 -3 8 (a). Th e p ro p er an d t i m el y fi l i ng o f a n o t i ce o f ap p eal

i s an ab s o l u te req u i rem en t t o co n fer j u ri s d i ct i o n u p o n t h i s Co u rt

. See Co u ch v.

Un i ted Pa p er wo r ker s In tl

. Un i o n

, 2 2 4 Ga. Ap p

. 7 21 (4 8 2 SE2 d 70 4 ) (1 9 9 7 ). Here,

t h e p l a i n t i ffs fi l ed t h ei r n o t i ce o f ap p eal 3 5 d ay s aft er t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er was

en t ered

. Acco rd i n g l y

, th e p l ai n t i ffs ’ ap p eal i n A1 6 A1 1 3 9 i s u nt i m el y

, an d i t i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

Al t h ou g h u n d er OCGA § 5 -6 -4 8 (e), a cro s s -ap p eal m ay s u rv iv e t he d i s m i s s al

1 It ap p ears fro m t h e reco rd th at t h e pl ai nt i ffs at tem pt ed t o fi l e a t i m el y n o t i ce

o f ap p eal t h at was ret u rn ed b y th e Fu l t o n Co u n t y Su p eri or Co u rt fo r fai l in g to fo l l o w

m an d at o ry

e-fi l i n g req u i rem en t s

. March 17, 2016o f t he m ai n ap p eal

, t h i s i s t ru e o n l y wh ere t h e cro s s -ap p eal can s t an d o n i t s o wn

m eri t . Th i s Co u rt h as n o ju ri sd i ct i o n t o en t ert ai n a cro s s -ap p eal wh i ch m u s t d eri v e

i t s l i fe fro m t h e m ai n ap peal

. See S t a t e, D OT v. Do u g la s A sp h al t Co

. , 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p.

5 1 1

, 51 4 (6 7 7 SE2 d 7 2 8) (2 0 09 ). As t h e cro s s -ap p eal can n o t s t an d o n i t s o wn m eri t

,

t h i s Co urt h as n o ju ri s d i ct io n o v er th e ap p eal

. See i d

. Th u s, X y t ex ’ s cro s s -ap p eal in

A1 6 A1 14 1 i s al so h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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 t n 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

. 03/17/2016