The tiny city of Helen—a faux Bavarian village in the North Georgia mountains—has won a victory in the Georgia Supreme Court, which held the popular tourist town could collect $17,000 for legal fees for a long-running land use dispute with a company that provides tube rides on the Chattahoochee River.
In an opinion written by Justice Keith Blackwell, the high court said the key point of law is that it doesn’t matter whether an insurance company or any third party actually paid the bill. If a lawsuit is ruled frivolous, the defendant is entitled to collect a judgment for sanctions. The decision was unanimous, except that Justice Michael Boggs was disqualified without explanation.
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