Publication Date: 2023-06-19
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, David Rhodes, (Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Robert Finnell, (The Finnell Firm), Rome, for appellee; John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
Case Number: A23A0005
A defendant in a car accident lawsuit is not entitled to add joint tortfeasors as indispensable parties where that defendant has a right of contribution against them