Ronald Lee White v. Enterprise Car Sales, Inc.

Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia
ATLANTA,____________________
July 01, 2020
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
A20D0396. RONALD LEE WHITE et al. v. ENTERPRISE CAR SALES, INC.
et al.
On March 30, 2020 Ronald Lee White filed an application for discretionary
appeal from a March 5, 2020 order granting Enterprise Car Sales, Inc.’s motion for
summary judgment.1 However, the order granting summary judgment is subject to
direct appeal.
Pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-56 (h), “[a]n order granting summary judgment on
any issue or as to any party shall be subject to review by appeal.” This Court will
grant an otherwise timely application for discretionary appeal if the lower court’s
order is subject to direct appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (j). Accordingly, this
discretionary application is hereby GRANTED. White shall have ten days from the
date of this order to file a notice of appeal in the trial court. If White has already filed
a notice of appeal from the order at issue here, he need not file a second notice. The
1
White originally filed his application in the Georgia Supreme Court, which
transferred the case to this Court after finding no basis for its jurisdiction. See Case
No. S20D1086 (transferred April 22, 2020).
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,____________________
07/01/2020
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.