Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-15 17:04:28.491674+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 April 15, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0913. DRIVERS ONE AUTOMOTIVE, INC. et al v. JAMES O’DELL.

      James O’Dell filed suit against Patrick Pettis and Drivers One Automotive, Inc.
The defendants failed to answer the complaint, and O’Dell moved for entry of a
default judgment. Pettis then filed a motion to open default. The trial court denied the
motion, and the defendants filed this direct appeal. We, however, lack jurisdiction.
      Although the trial court denied the motion to open default, the court has not yet
entered a final judgment in this case. Consequently, to obtain appellate review at this
time, the defendants were required to follow the interlocutory appeal procedures set
forth in OCGA § 5-6-34 (b). See Neal v. State, 182 Ga. App. 37 (354 SE2d 664) (1987);
Attridge v. Maines, 174 Ga. App. 472, 473 (330 SE2d 409) (1985). Because the
defendants failed to follow the interlocutory appeal procedures, we lack jurisdiction
to consider this appeal, which is therefore DISMISSED.

                                        Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                          Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                      04/15/2024
                                                   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.