Court Opinion

ID: 9588197
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:31:23.602066+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:00:57.622142
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SMITH, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
I fully concur with the majority’s conclusion that we should disapprove this court’s opinion in Walden v. Shelton, 270 Ga. App. 239 (606 SE2d 299) (2004), because it could be read to imply that whether a sanction will be imposed lies within the discretion of the trial court. I also fully concur with the remand of this case to the trial court for the imposition of an appropriate sanction. OCGA § 9-11-11.1 (b). I write separately to emphasize that an appropriate sanction could include one or all of the following: a fine, public reprimand, litigation costs, or attorney fees.