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Docutronics, Inc. v. Reitman

235 Ga. App. 268 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998)
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Docutronics, Inc. v. Reitman

3 Citing cases

  1. Surles v. Cornell Corrections of California, Inc.

    290 Ga. App. 260 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008)   Cited 6 times
    Indicating that a factfinder is not bound by any specific formula in arriving at how to express degrees of culpability in mathematical terms and "the matter [of punitive damages] was to be 'determined according to the enlightened conscience of fair and impartial'" factfinder

    KDS Properties v. Sims, 234 Ga. App. 395, 396 (1) ( 506 SE2d 903) (1998). See also Docutronics, Inc. v. Reitman, 235 Ga. App. 268, 269 ( 509 SE2d 348) (1998). However, under OCGA § 9-12-4, "[v]erdicts shall have a reasonable intendment and shall receive a reasonable construction.

  2. Bishop Eddie Long Ministries v. Dillard

    272 Ga. App. 894 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005)   Cited 13 times
    Finding veil-piercing appropriate where a corporation never opened or maintained a bank account, issued stock, held directors' or shareholders' meetings, filed tax returns, or kept corporate minutes; failed to file its annual report with the Secretary of State for nine years; and fraudulently represented to the plaintiff and the Department of Natural Resources over a period of years that it did not own the property at issue in the underlying easement dispute

    " (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Docutronics, Inc. v. Reitman, 235 Ga. App. 268, 269 ( 509 SE2d 348) (1998). Reasonably construed, the verdict here was not inconsistent. Rather than repairing and maintaining the dam so it could impound water, HVI created a nuisance by instead attempting to breach the dam and drain the lake.

  3. Hewitt Associates, LLC v. Rollins, Inc.

    308 Ga. App. 848 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011)   Cited 11 times
    Explaining that while verdict form may have been somewhat confusing, evidence was presented such that the jury's verdict could be reasonably construed in a way that upheld it

    Although a verdict that is contradictory is void, " verdicts are to be reasonably construed and not avoided unless from necessity." Docutronics, Inc. v. Reitman, 235 Ga.App. 268, 269, 509 S.E.2d 348 (1998); see also OCGA § 9-12-4. Here, Rollins presented evidence that Hewitt's software platform was of no value to it.