Court Opinion

ID: 9847811
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:07:46.15236+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:35.510755
License: Public Domain

Hunt, Justice,
concurring specially.
The affidavit required by OCGA § 9-11-9.1 is attached to, and is part of the complaint, and must be read with the complaint. The affidavit sets forth at least one negligent act or omission on the part of the “designer,” who is identified as the defendant in the sworn allegations of the complaint. Thus, I would not hold, as does the majority, that the plaintiffs “substantially met” the requirement of OCGA § 9-11-9.1 that the negligence be linked to the defendant. Rather, there is no question the plaintiffs met that requirement.
I am authorized to state that Justice Fletcher joins in this special concurrence.