Court Opinion

ID: 9897141
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:07:43.935301+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:24.956963
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                  November 07, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24D0123. RICARDO MORENO SAYAVEDRA v. SOIREE, INC., d/b/a TARA
    GEURARD SOIREE.

      Ricardo Moreno Sayavedra sued Soiree, Inc., d/b/a Tara Geurard Soiree
(“Soiree”) and others asserting personal injury claims. Soiree filed a motion for
summary judgment, which the trial court granted. Sayavedra then filed this timely
application for discretionary appeal.
      Under OCGA § 9-11-56 (h), the grant of summary judgment on any issue or
as to any party is reviewable by direct appeal. Olympic Dev. Group v. American
Druggists’ Ins. Co., 175 Ga. App. 425, 425 (1) (333 SE2d 622) (1985). Thus,
Sayavedra was not required to file an application to obtain review of the order in

question. And we will grant a timely-filed application for discretionary appeal where
a trial court’s order is subject to direct appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (j); Ahearn v.
Westrec Mgmt., 244 Ga. App. 699, 699, n.1 (536 SE2d 606) (2000). Accordingly, this
application is hereby GRANTED. Sayavedra shall have ten days from the date of this

order to file a notice of appeal with the trial court, if he has not already done so. 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,____________________
                                                                        11/07/2023
                                              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.