Georgia Appellate Practice Handbook - Alston & Bird LLP

GEORGIA APPELLATE PRACTICE HANDBOOK
• Actions for damages where judgment is $10,000 or less; 69
• Denials of extraordinary motions for new trials, unless taken as part of a direct appeal; 70
• Appeals from denial of a motion seeking DNA testing as part of an extraordinary
motion for new trial; 71
• Orders under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-60(d) or (e) denying a motion to set aside a judgment; 72
• Appeals from orders granting or denying temporary restraining orders; 73
• Awards of attorneys’ fees or expenses of litigation under § 9-15-14; 74
• Appeals from decisions of state courts reviewing decisions of magistrate courts de
novo so long as the decision is not otherwise subject to a right of direct appeal; 75
• Appeals from decisions of Superior Courts resolving will construction issues pursuant
to O.C.G.A. § 53-7-75; 76
69 Harpagon Co. v. Davis, 283 Ga. 410, 411, 658 S.E.2d 633, 634 (2008); NF Invs., Inc. v. Whitfi eld, 245
Ga. App. 72, 72, 537 S.E.2d 207, 208 (2000); Eberhardt v. Ga. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 223 Ga. App.
478, 479, 477 S.E.2d 907, 908 (1996); cf. Kelly v. Pierce Roofi ng Co., 220 Ga. App. 391, 391, 469 S.E.2d
469, 471 (1996) (holding that action on lien for less than $10,000 does not require discretionary appeal
application).
70 O.C.G.A. § 5-5-41.
71 Crawford v. State, 278 Ga. 95, 96, 597 S.E.2d 403, 404 (2004).
72 O.C.G.A. § 5-6-35(a)(8); Martin v. Williams, 263 Ga. 707, 708, 438 S.E.2d 353, 354 (1994); Rogers v.
Estate of Harris, 276 Ga. App. 898, 899, 625 S.E.2d 65, 67 (2005).
73 O.C.G.A. § 5-6-35(a)(9).
74 O.C.G.A. § 5-6-35(a)(10); Capricorn Sys., Inc. v. Godavarthy, 253 Ga. App. 840, 841-42, 560 S.E.2d
730, 731 (2002).
75 O.C.G.A. § 5-6-35(a)(11).
76 Bandy v. Elmo, 280 Ga. 221, 222, 626 S.E.2d 505, 506 (2006).
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