Court Opinion

ID: 9958974
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Date Created: 2024-04-10 15:05:15.596843+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:18:19.837666
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                  April 10, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24D0290. NEHAD S. MEMON et al. v. MOUNTAIN EXPRESS OIL
    COMPANY.

      The defendants in this civil action have filed a timely application for
discretionary review of the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to the
plaintiff and denying the defendants’ motion to set aside a default judgment against
them. No discretionary application is required, however, as the grant of summary
judgment on any issue or as to any party may be appealed directly under OCGA
§ 9-11-56 (h), and this action does not appear to fall within one of the categories of
cases for which a discretionary application is required to seek appellate review under
OCGA § 5-6-35 (a). Moreover, all rulings within the order sought to be appealed and
any other non-final rulings entered in the case may also be raised as part of such a
direct appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-34 (d); Southeast Ceramics v. Klem, 246 Ga. 294, 295
(1) (271 SE2d 199) (1980).
      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. See City of
Rincon v. Couch, 272 Ga. App. 411, 412 (612 SE2d 596) (2005). Accordingly, this
application is hereby GRANTED. The defendants 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). If the
defendants have already filed a notice of appeal in the trial court, then they need not
file a second notice. 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,____________________
                                                                     04/10/2024
                                                  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.