Court Opinion

ID: 9904730
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-27 17:04:00.136162+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:07.976071
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 November 27, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24D0133. JASMINE RENEE ANDREWS v. REGIONS BANK et al.

      In 2020, Jasmine Andrews executed a promissory note with Regions Bank
(“Regions”). In 2022, Andrews sued Regions, along with John Turner, David Turner
and Chakira Galloway (the “individual defendants”). Regions answered and
counterclaimed for amounts due on the promissory note.
      On August 30, 2023, the trial court entered an order which: (1) granted the
defendants’ motion to dismiss, finding that it lacked jurisdiction over the individual
defendants, and that Andrews had failed to state a viable claim against Regions; (2)
granted Regions’ motion for summary judgment and awarded it $27,446.05; and (3)
denied all other pending motions as moot.
      On September 29, 2023, Andrews filed an “Application for Certificate of
Probable Cause” in the Supreme Court, which docketed it as an application for
discretionary appeal. The Supreme Court transferred the case to this Court. See Case
No. S24D0196 (Oct. 18, 2023).
      Nothing remains pending in the court below and the order dismissing the
defendants and granting Regions summary judgment is a final judgment. See OCGA
§ 5-6-34 (a) (1); OCGA § 9-11-56 (h). As such, the order is subject to direct appeal.
See, e. g., Whiddon v. Stargell, 192 Ga. App. 826, 827-828 (386 SE2d 884) (1989).
Under OCGA § 5-6-35 (j), this Court will grant a timely application for discretionary
review if the lower court’s order is subject to direct appeal.
      Accordingly, this application is hereby GRANTED. Andrews shall have ten
days from the date of this order to file a notice of appeal in the trial court. See OCGA
§ 5-6-35 (g). The clerk of the trial court is DIRECTED to include a copy of this order
in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals.

                                        Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                               Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                         11/27/2023
                                               I certify that the above is a true extract from
                                        the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
                                                Witness my signature and the seal of said court
                                        hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

                                                                                       , Clerk.