Court Opinion

ID: 9854020
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:59:19.539668+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:52.588027
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*572Hall, Justice,
dissenting to Division 4.
"The CPA abolished 'issue pleading,’ substituted in lieu thereof 'notice pleading,’ and directs that 'all pleadings shall be so construed as to do substantial justice.’ Code Ann. § 81A-108; Brown v. Herring, 225 Ga. 67, 70 (166 SE2d 89) (1969); A-1 Bonding Service, Inc. v. Hunter, 118 Ga. App. 498 (164 SE2d 246) (1968); Byrd v. Ford Motor Co., 118 Ga. App. 333 (163 SE2d 327) (1968). Under the CPA, a pleading should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.’ Cochran v. McCollum, 233 Ga. 104 (210 SE2d 13) (1974). This principle has been followed consistently by this court since Martin v. Approved Bancredit Corp., 224 Ga. 550 (163 SE2d 885) (1968).” Dillingham v. Doctors Clinic, 236 Ga. 302 (1976).
The majority opinion has failed to apply these eight years of precedent on how to construe pleadings on a motion to dismiss. By basing its ruling on the failure of the complaint "to allege that Tapley induced Tarpley to break his contract,” the majority opinion has gone back to the pre-CPA days of issue pleading.
I am authorized to state that Justice Hill concurs in this dissent.