Court Opinion

ID: 9612646
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:10:23.686095+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:03:22.167326
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BERNES, Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur in the judgment but I write separately because I do not believe we need to address the legal viability of a ratification claim in the context of this case. As Judge Phipps’s concurrence makes clear, even if a cause of action based on ratification exists under Georgia law, the facts in this case do not establish such a claim. Thus, the overruling of Wiley v. Ga. Power Co., 134 Ga. App. 187 (213 SE2d 550) (1975), overruled on other grounds, Ga. Power Co. v. Busbin, 242 Ga. 612, 615 (250 SE2d 442) (1978); Newsome v. Cooper-Wiss, Inc., 179 Ga. App. 670 (347 SE2d 619) (1986); Trimble v. Circuit City Stores, 220 Ga. App. 498 (469 SE2d 776) (1996); and Mears v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., 225 Ga. App. 636 (484 SE2d 659) (1997) is unnecessary to our disposition of this case.