Court Opinion

ID: 9578453
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:45:24.952991+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:47.727309
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Hall, Presiding Judge,
concurring. This case illustrates the problem that continues to exist because the General Assembly failed to follow Federal Rule 41 when it adopted the CPA. See my concurring opinion in Maslia v. Hall, 121 Ga. App. 740, 744 (175 SE2d 48). By the use of various procedures the plaintiff was prevented from voluntarily dismissing her suit just prior to the jury returning its verdict. The solution should not be a technical skirmish between counsel and the trial judge. If the public and the General Assembly expects to hold the judiciary responsible for the efficient administration of justice, it is axiomatic that our trial judges must be restored to their historic common law role as the master of the trial. Only when this is done will we begin to get away from the "sporting theory” of justice. See in this regard the 1971 Report' of the Governor’s Commission on Judicial Processes.