Aetna Ins. Co. v. Williams

6 Citing cases

  1. Auto. Credit Corp. v. White

    810 S.E.2d 166 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018)   Cited 7 times

    OCGA § 9-12-132.Corzo Trucking Corp. v. West , 281 Ga. App. 361, 362, 636 S.E.2d 39 (2006) (quoting OCGA § 9-12-134 (b) ); accord Aetna Ins. Co. v. Williams , 237 Ga. App. 881, 882 (1), 517 S.E.2d 109 (1999).West , 281 Ga. App. at 362, 636 S.E.2d 39 (punctuation omitted); accord Hammette v. Eickemeyer , 203 Ga. App. 243, 243, 416 S.E.2d 824 (1992) ; see Noaha, LLC v. Vista Antiques and Persian Rugs, Inc ., 306 Ga. App. 323, 325 (1), 702 S.E.2d 660 (2010) (noting that, under the UEFJL "once a foreign judgment is properly authenticated and filed, it has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures as a judgment of a Georgia court"); see also Lemcon USA Corp. v. Icon Tech. Consulting, Inc ., 301 Ga. 888, 890, 804 S.E.2d 347 (2017) (noting that the UEFJL "operates within the shadow of the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the [United States] Constitution" and thus, "a judgment of a foreign court will be enforced by the courts of this state unless it is shown that the foreign court lacked jurisdiction of the person or subject matter or that the judgment was procured by fraud" (punctuation omitted)); U.S. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 1 ("Full Faith and Credit shall be

  2. Auto. Credit Corp. v. White

    A17A1559 (Ga. Ct. App. Jan. 25, 2018)

    OCGA § 9-12-132. Corzo Trucking Corp. v. West, 281 Ga. App. 361, 362 (636 SE2d 39) (2006) (quoting OCGA § 9-12-134 (b)); accord Aetna Ins. Co. v. Williams, 237 Ga. App. 881, 882 (1) (517 SE2d 109) (1999). West, 281 Ga. App. at 362; accord Hammette v. Eickemeyer, 203 Ga. App. 243, 243 (416 SE2d 824) (1992); see Noaha, LLC v. Vista Antiques & Persian Rugs, Inc., 306 Ga. App. 323, 325 (1) (702 SE2d 660) (2010) (noting that, under the UEFJL "once a foreign judgment is properly authenticated and filed, it has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures as a judgment of a Georgia court"); see also Lemcon USA Corp. v. Icon Tech. Consulting, Inc., 301 Ga. 888, 890 (804 SE2d 347) (2017) (noting that the UEFJL "operates within the shadow of the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the [United States] Constitution" and thus, "a judgment of a foreign court will be enforced by the courts of this state unless it is shown that the foreign court lacked jurisdiction of the person or subject matter or that the judgment was procured by fraud" (punctuation omitted)); U.S. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 1 ("Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the . . . judicial [p]r

  3. Noaha, LLC v. Vista Antiques & Persian Rugs, Inc.

    306 Ga. App. 323 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010)   Cited 9 times
    Noting that, under the UEFJL "once a foreign judgment is properly authenticated and filed, it has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures as a judgment of a Georgia court"

    See also Okekpe v. Commerce, 218 Ga. App. at 706. The case of Aetna Ins. Co. v. Williams, 237 Ga. App. 881 ( 517 SE2d 109) (1999), is not on point. There, the defendant did not seek to set aside a judgment; rather, it asserted the foreign judgment was barred by the applicable statute of limitation.

  4. Corzo Trucking v. West

    281 Ga. App. 361 (Ga. Ct. App. 2006)   Cited 17 times

    Supra. 237 Ga. App. 881, 882 (1) ( 517 SE2d 109) (1999). OCGA § 9-12-60 (a) (1) (Georgia's dormancy-of-judgments statute) provides that "[a] judgment shall become dormant and shall not be enforced . . . [w]hen seven years shall elapse after the rendition of the judgment before execution is issued thereon and is entered on the general execution docket of the county in which the judgment was rendered."

  5. Kahlig v. Martinez

    272 Ga. App. 491 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005)   Cited 6 times

    See OCGA § 9-12-60 (a). See Aetna Ins. Co. v. Williams, 237 Ga. App. 881, 883 (1) ( 517 SE2d 109) (1999) (Georgia dormancy statute applies to "judgments filed under" the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law). We note that, under Texas law, a judgment becomes dormant ten years after it is rendered.

  6. Logemann Holding, Inc. v. Lieber

    341 Ill. App. 3d 689 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003)   Cited 2 times

    Drllevich, 958 P.2d at 1281. See also Walnut Equipment Leasing Co. v. Wu, 920 S.W.2d 285, 286 (Tex. 1996); Trubenbach v. Amstadter, 109 Nev. 297, 300, 849 P.2d 288, 290 (1993); Galef v. Buena Vista Dairy, 117 N.M. 701, 875 P.2d 1132 (App. 1994); Mee v. Sprague, 144 Misc. 2d 1057, 545 N.Y.S.2d 268 (N.Y.Sup. 1989); Payne v. Claffy, 281 S.C. 385, 315 S.E.2d 814 (App. 1984); Warner v. Warner, 9 Kan. App. 2d 6, 8, 668 P.2d 193, 195 (1983); Redondo Construction Corp. v. United States, 157 F.3d 1060 (6th Cir. 1998); Tronagun Corp. v. Mizerock, 820 F. Supp. 225 (W.D. Pa. 1993); Burke v. Iowa District Court, 546 N.W.2d 582 (Iowa 1996); GR Petroleum, Inc. v. Clements, 127 Idaho 119, 898 P.2d 50 (1995); Norvell v. Norvell, 649 So. 2d 95 (La. 1995); Aetna Insurance Co. v. Williams, 237 Ga. App. 881, 517 S.E.2d 109 (1999); Yusten v. Monson, 325 N.W.2d 285 (N.D. 1982); Ritterbusch v. New London Oil Co., 927 S.W.2d 873 (Mo.App. 1996); Hamilton v. Seattle Marine Fishing Supply Co., 562 P.2d 333 (Alaska 1977); but see GR Petroleum, 127 Idaho 119, 898 P.2d 50; Citibank (South Dakota, N.A.) v. Phifer, 181 Ariz. 5, 887 P.2d 5 (App. 1995); Baum v. Baum, 820 P.2d 1122 (Colo.App. 1991). We find these cases persuasive and reverse the trial court and remand this case to the circuit court of Cook County to provide directions that the plaintiff's motion to compel the sheriff of Cook County to levy be granted.