# 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 05 9

. W I LLI S I NSURANCE S E RVI CES OF GEORGI A, INC. et a l

. v.

BRENT HARTMAN, et a l

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Pl ai n t i ffs Bren t Hart m an an d Dan iel l e M ax ey

, al o n g w i th t h ei r n ew em p l o y er

Al l i an t In s u ran ce Serv i ce, In c., fi l ed a ci v il act i o n ag ai ns t t h ei r o l d em p l o y er W i l l i s

In s u ran ce Serv i ces of G eo rg ia, In c. an d W il l i s o f Ten nes s ee, In c. (co l l ect i v e l y

referred t o as “ W i l l i s ”). Th e p l ai n t iffs rai s ed cl ai m s f o r d e c l arat o ry an d i n

ju n ct i v e

rel i ef an d s o u g h t t o b ar W il l i s fro m en fo rci n g t h e n o n -s o l i ci t at i o n p ro v i s i on s o f t h ei r

em pl o y m en t ag reem en t s

. Aft er a co m preh en s i v e h eari n g an d r e v i ew o f t h e reco rd

,

t h e s u p eri o r co u rt g ran t ed i n j u n ct i v e rel i ef t o t h e p l ai n t i ffs

. Al th o u g h t h e o rd er i s

s t yl e d as g ran t i n g a “ Tem p orary Res t rai ni n g Ord er,” it d o es n o t i n cl u d e a d a t e o n

wh i ch i t wi l l n o l o n ger be i n effect

. W i l l i s t h en fi l ed t h i s ap p l i cat i on fo r d i s cret i o n ary

ap p eal

.

W h ere, as h ere, a tri al co u rt en t ers a res t rai n in g o rd er aft er a l en g t h y ad v ers ary

h eari n g an d t h e o rd er g r a n t s a l l o f t h e rel i ef s ou g ht an d d oes n o t ex pi re wi t h i n 3 0

d ay s

, “ th e t ri al co u rt ’ s ord er i s eq u i v al en t t o an i n t er l o c u t o ry i n ju n ct i o n .” Gl

yn n

Co u n t y Bd

. o f Ta x As s es s o r

s v. Ha l l er

, 2 7 3 Ga. 6 4 9

, 6 49 -6 5 0 (2 ) (5 4 3 SE2 d 6 9 9 )

(2 0 0 1). Th e g ran t o r den i al o f an i n terl o cu t o ry i n ju n ct i o n i s d i rect l y ap p eal ab l e u n d er

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a) (4 ). See Ha yg o o d v. Ti l l ey

, 2 9 5 Ga. Ap p . 9 0 , 9 0 n .1 (6 7 0 SE2 d

8 0 0 ) (2 00 8 ). Th i s Co u rt wi ll g ran t an o t h erwi s e t i m el y ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary

ap p eal i f t h e l o wer co u rt ’ s o rd er i s s u b ject t o d i rect ap p eal

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j).

Acco rd i ng l y

, t h is ap p l icat i o n i s h e r eb y GRANTED, an d t h e ap pl i can t s s h al l

h av e t en d ay s fro m t h e d at e o f t h i s o rd er t o fi l e a n o t i ce o f ap p eal wi t h t he tri al co u rt

i f t h ey h av e n o t al read y d o n e s o

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (g ). Th e cl erk of t h e t ri al co u rt August 20, 2018i s DIRECTED t o i n cl u d e a co p y o f t h i s o rd er i n t h e reco rd t ran sm i t t ed t o t h e Co u rt

o f Ap peal s

.

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 t i f y th 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 t h 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

. 08/20/2018