Georgia Appellate Practice Handbook - Alston & Bird LLP

§ 2.6.1 Appeals Generally Limited to Corrections of Errors of Law .......... 35
§ 2.6.2 Issue Must Have Been Raised In and Ruled Upon
by Trial Court .................................................................................. 36
§ 2.6.3 Scope of Review of Jury Verdicts ................................................... 36
§ 2.7 Dismissal of Appeals ...................................................................................... 37
§ 2.7.1 Statutory Grounds for Dismissal ..................................................... 37
§ 2.7.2 Failure to File a Timely Notice of Appeal ....................................... 38
§ 2.7.3 Appealability of Non-Final Orders or Judgments;
Issues That Are Moot ...................................................................... 38
§ 2.7.4 Dismissals for Delays in Transmitting the Transcript or Record .... 38
§ 2.7.5 Non-Statutory Grounds for Dismissal ............................................. 39
CHAPTER THREE:
POST-TRIAL MOTIONS AS PART OF THE APPEALS PROCESS
§ 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................... 41
§ 3.1.1 Post-Judgment Motions for New Trial or JNOV Are Not
Ordinarily a Prerequisite to Appeal ................................................. 42
§ 3.1.2 Tolling of Time for Appeal .............................................................. 43
§ 3.1.3 To Warrant Post-Judgment Relief, Any Error Must Be Harmful .... 43
§ 3.1.4 Filing of Post-Trial Motions as Supersedeas .................................. 44
§ 3.1.5 Trial Court Jurisdiction When Both a Motion for New Trial
and Notice of Appeal Are Filed ...................................................... 44
§ 3.2 Methods for Attacking Civil Judgments ........................................................ 45
§ 3.3 New Trial ....................................................................................................... 46
§ 3.3.1 General Nature ................................................................................ 46
§ 3.3.2 Grounds for New Trial .................................................................... 46
§ 3.3.3 Insuffi cient Grounds for New Trial ................................................. 49
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