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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 :

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Th i s i s a ren ewal act i o n fi l ed b y Dav i d M. Barro n an d S u s a n K o c h Barro n

ag ai n s t Em o ry Heal t h care, In c. Th e Barro n s fi l e t h is ap p eal fro m a t ri al co u rt o rd er

g ran t i n g Em o ry ’ s m o t i o n fo r s u m m ary ju dg m en t

.

In d eci d i n g Em o ry ’ s m o t i o n fo r s u m m ary ju d g m en t

, t h e t ri al co u rt co n s i d ered

t h e p art ies ’ b r i e f

s

, t h e arg u m en t s o f co u n s el

, an d t h e “ u n derl y i n g reco rd .” Sh e

referen ced “ reco rd s pro du ced d u ri n g d is co v ery ” an d “ tes t im on y ad d u c e d d u ri n g

d ep os i t i o n s .” It i s ap p aren t t h at t h e t ri al co u rt was referri n g to t h e u n d erl y i ng reco rd

i n t h e Barro n s ’ d i s m is s ed o ri g i n al act i on

, i n cl u d in g dep o si t io n s an d d i s co v ery ; t h e

p art i es ci t ed t h i s m at eri al i n t h ei r s u m m ary ju dg m en t fi l i n g s

. V e r y l i t t le o f t h i s

m at eri al i s i n cl u d ed i n t he ap p el l at e reco rd b efo re u s

. 1

Ab s en t t h e m at eri al s co n si d ered b y t h e t ri al co u rt

, we can n o t co n d u ct

m ean i n g fu l ap p el lat e rev i ew o f t h e o rd er g ran t i n g Em o ry ’ s m o t i o n fo r s u m m ary

ju d g m en t

. See Mo o r e v

. F o o d As s o ci a t es

, 2 1 0 Ga. A pp

. 7 8 0

, 7 8 1 (4 3 7 SE2 d 8 3 2 )

(1 9 9 3) (“ It i s wel l es tab l i s h ed t h at o n ap p eal o f a g r a n t of s u m m ary ju d g m en t

, t h e

ap p el l at e co u rt m

us t d et erm i n e wh et h er t h e t ri al co u rt erred i n co n cl ud i n g t h at n o

g en ui n e i s s u e o f m at eri al fact rem ai n s an d th at t h e p art y was en t i t l ed t o ju d g m en t as

a m at t er o f l aw. Th i s req u i res a d e n o v o rev i ew o f t he ev i d en ce.”)

So we REMAN D t h i s ap p eal t o t h e s t at e co urt fo r co m p l et i on o f t h e reco rd

.

1 W e pr e v io us l y g ran t ed t h e Barro n s ’ m o t i on t o s up p l em en t t h e r e c or d on a ppe a l

wi t h t h e t ran s cri pt o f t h e d ep o s i t i o n o f Em i ly M cM as t er tak en i n t h e o ri g i n al cas e, b ut

t h i s i s t h e o n l y

d ep o s i t i o n i n t h e ap p el l at e reco rd b efo re u s

. December 08, 2021W h en t h e reco rd h as b een co m p l et ed

, t he cl erk o f t h e s t at e co urt i s d irect ed to

t ran s m i t t h e r e co rd t o t h i s co u rt fo r re-d o ck et i n g

. Th e Barro n s’ m ot i o n fo r an

ex t en s i o n o f t i m e t o fi l e t h ei r ap p el l at e b ri e f a n d E m o ry ’ s m o ti o n to di sm i s s t h e

Barro n s’ ap p eal are DENI ED AS MOOT

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f G e o r g ia

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, A t la n t a

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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

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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

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, C l e r k

. 12/08/2021