# 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

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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

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Pl ai n t i ff-Ap p el l ee h as fi l ed an em erg en cy m o t i o n as k i ng t h i s Co u rt t o d i s m i ss

t h e ap p eal i n t h e ab o v e-referen ced cas e b efo re i t i s d o ck et ed i n t h is Co u rt

.

In t h i s p ers o n al i n

ju ry an d wro n g fu l deat h act i o n

, Pl ai n ti ff-Ap p el l ee m o v ed fo r

s u m m ary ju d g m en t o n i s s u es of al t ern at iv e cau s at i o n fo r t h e deced en t ’ s l u n g can cer.

On Jan u ary 8

, 20 2 0

, t h e tri al co u rt g r a n t e d t h e m o t i on

. On Feb ru ary 3

, 2 0 2 0,

Defen d an t -Ap pel l an t fi l ed a no t i ce o f ap p eal in t h e t ri al co u rt wi t h o u t ob t ai n i n g a

cert ifi cat e o f i m

m ed i at e rev i ew. Pl ai n t i ff-Ap p el l ee as k s th i s Co u rt to e x erci s e i t s

i n h eren t au t h o ri t y u n d er Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 4 0 (b ) t o g ran t i t s m o t i o n t o d i s m i ss

t h e ap p eal t o p rev en t Defen d an t -Ap p el l an t fro m “ at t em p t i n g an en d ru n aro u n d t h e

p ro ces s fo r ap p l i cat io n fo r [i n t erl o cu t o ry ] ap p eal t o av oi d a M arch 9

, 2 0 2 0 t ri al d at e.”

Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 4 0 (b ) s t at es t h at we m ay i s s ue em erg en cy

o rd ers o r g iv e s u ch d i re c t i o n t o t h e t ri al co u rt as m ay b e n eces s ary t o

p res erv e ju ri sd i ct io n o f an ap p eal o r to p rev en t th e co n t es t ed i s s u e fro m

b eco m i n g m o o t

. Th i s p o wer s h al l b e ex erci s ed s p ari n g l y

. G en eral ly

, n o

o rd er s h al l b e m ad e or d i rect i o n g i v e n i n a n ap p eal u nt i l it h as b een

d o ck et ed i n t hi s Co u rt

.

W h i l e Pl ai n t i ff-Ap p el lee’ s arg u m en t t hat D efen d an t-Ap pel l an t ’ s ap p eal sh o u l d b e

d i s m i s s ed fo r fai l in g t o co m p l y wi t h t h e i nt erl o cu t o ry ap peal p r o c e d u r es m ay h av e

m eri t

, th es e arg u m en t s d o n o t p res en t a p ro p er g ro u nd fo r t h e ex erci s e o f t h i s Co urt ’ s February 05, 2020i n h eren t au t h o ri t y

. M oreo v er, as t h i s ap p eal h as n o t been d o ck et ed

, an d act i on b y t h i s

C o u r t i s n o t n eed ed t o p res erv e t h i s Co u rt ’ s ju ri s d ict i on o r t o p rev en t a co n t e s t e d

i s su e fro m b eco m i n g m o ot

, Pl ai n t i ff-Ap p e l l e e ’ s em erg en cy m o ti o n t o d i s m i ss

Defen d an t -Ap pel l an t’ s ap p eal i s h ereb y DENIED.

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 is 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

. 02/05/2020