CRAWFORD v. KINGSTON

No. A12A0742.

728 S.E.2d 904 (2012)

316 Ga. App. 313

CRAWFORD v. KINGSTON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

June 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas George Tidwell , for Crawford.

Sean Lombardy Hynes , Marietta, Jonathan Colby Jones , for Kingston.


ANDREWS, Judge.

On appeal from the trial court's dismissal of her renewed personal injury action against Scott Kingston, Christine Crawford argues that because an intervening dismissal in federal court was involuntary and could not operate as an adjudication on the merits under OCGA § 9-11-41(a)(3), and because the federal complaint was never served on Kingston, she had the right to renew her action under OCGA § 9-2-61. We agree and reverse.

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