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Juliana Korsah Dick v. Jefferson Garcia
Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
ATLANTA,____________________ August 31, 2023
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A24D0039. JULIANA KORSAH-DICK v. JEFFERSON GARCIA.
Juliana Korsah-Dick sued Jefferson Garcia following an automobile collision. A jury found in favor of Garcia, and the trial court entered a judgment on the verdict. Korsah-Dick filed this timely application for discretionary appeal from that judgment. From the limited information included in the application materials,1 the trial court’s order appears to have resolved all pending issues in the case and no provision of the discretionary appeal statute, OCGA § 5-6-35 (a), appears to apply.2 The order, therefore, appears to be subject to direct appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-34 (a) (1). We will grant a timely application for discretionary appeal if the lower court’s order is subject to direct appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (j). Accordingly, this application is hereby GRANTED. Korsah-Dick shall have ten days from the date of this order to file a notice of appeal with the trial court. If she has already filed a notice of appeal in the trial court, she need not file a second notice. See Wannamaker v. Carr, 257 Ga. 634,
1 Korsah-Dick did not include a copy of her complaint with her application materials. 2 Although Korsah-Dick asserts that the discretionary appeal statute applies because the final judgment here was less than $10,000, see OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (6), she also states in her application that the trial court awarded her $0. No discretionary application is required to appeal a “zero” award. See McCormick v. Harris, 253 Ga. App. 417, 417 (1) (559 SE2d 158) (2002).
635 (1) (362 SE2d 53) (1987). 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,____________________ 08/31/2023 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.