# 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 7 A0 54 2 . Z I A HOOD-BAHADURI v . CHARLES BRANDRI FF et a l

.

Th e p l ai n t i ff, Zai Ho o d -Bah ad u ri

, fi led a th ree-co un t co m pl ai nt ag ai n s t t h e

d efen d a n t s

, in cl u d in g Co un t 1 fo r “ Co m pl ai n t i n L aw an d Eq u i t y t o Reco v er

Pl ai n t i ff’ s 2 01 3 K ai Au t o m o bi l e,” Co u nt 2 fo r “ Tro ver A ct i on fo r Reco v ery o f

Pers o n al Pro p ert y o r i t s V al u e,” an d Co u n t 3 fo r “ Breach o f Du t y o f Care t o Pro t ect

Pl ai n t i ff’ s Pro p ert y

. ” Th e d efen d an t s fi l ed a m o t io n to d is m i ss Co u nt s 1 an d 3

. 1 Th e

t ri al co u rt g ran t ed t h e m o t i o n t o d i s m is s as t o th e t wo co un t s. Th e p l ai n ti ff t h en fi l ed

t h i s d i rect ap peal

. 2 W e, h o wev er, l ack ju ri s d ict i on

.

“ In a cas e in v o l v i n g m

u l t i p l e p art i es o r m

u l t ip l e cl ai m s

, a d eci si o n ad ju d i cat i n g

fewer t han al l t h e cl ai m s o r t h e ri g h t s an d l iab i l i t i es o f les s t h an al l t h e part i es i s n ot

a fi n al ju d g m en t. In su c h c i r c u m s t an ces

, t here m u s t b e an ex pres s d et erm i n at i o n

u n d er OCGA § 9 -1 1 -5 4 (b ) o r t here m u s t b e co m

pl i an ce wi t h t h e i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p eal

req u i rem en t s of OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ).” Jo h n so n v. Ho s p. Co r p

. o f Amer ica

, 1 9 2 Ga.

Ap p

. 6 2 8

, 6 2 9 (3 8 5 SE2 d 73 1 ) (1 9 89 ) (ci t at i o n a n d p u n ct uat i o n o m it t ed ). W h ere

n e i t h e r o f t h es e co d e s ect i o n s i s fo l l o wed

, t h e ap p eal i s p rem at u re an d m u s t b e

d i s m i s s ed

. Id

. Becau s e Co u n t 2 o f t h e pl ai n t i ff’ s co m pl ai nt rem a i n s p en d i n g

, t h e

1 Th e p l ai nt i ff p et i t io n ed t h e t ri al co urt t o co n v ert t h e m o t i on t o d i s m is s i n t o a

m o ti o n fo r s u m m ary ju d g m en t u n d er OCGA § 9 -1 1 -1 2

. Th e t ri al co u rt

, h o wev er,

d ecl i ned t o d o s o

.

2 Th e p lai n t i ff o ri g i n al ly fi l e d t h i s ap p eal i n t h e G eo rg i a Su p rem e Co u rt

cl ai m i ng e q u i t y j uri s d i ct i on

. Th e Su p rem e Co u rt

, h o w ev er, fo u n d no eq u i t y ju ri s d i ct i o n an d tran sferred t h e m at t er t o t h i s C o u r t

. See Cas e No

. S1 7 A0 1 8 8

(d eci d ed Oct ob er 3 , 2 0 1 6 ). November 03, 2016ch al l en g ed o rd er i s n ot a fi n al o rd er. M o reo v er, t he t ri al co u rt d i d n o t d i rect t h e en t ry

o f fi n al ju d g m en t in acco rd an ce wi t h OCGA § 9-1 1 -5 4 (b ). Un d er t h es e

ci rcu m s t an ces

, t h e p l ai n ti ff co u l d ap p eal t h e o rd er o n l y b y fo l l o w in g t h e i n t erl o cu t o ry

ap p eal p ro ced ure s et fo rt h in OCGA § 5 -6

- 3 4 ( b ). See Jo h n s on

, s u p ra. Hi s fai l u re

t o fo l lo w t h at p ro ced u re d ep ri v es u s o f ju ri s di ct i o n o v er t h is d i rect ap p eal

, wh i ch i s

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 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

. 11/03/2016