O.C.G.A. § 9-9-16 (2019)
Appeals authorized
Any judgment or any order considered a final judgment under this part may be appealed pursuant to Chapter 6 of Title 5.
History
Code 1933, § 7-317, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2270, § 1; Code 1981, § 9-9-96;
Code 1981, § 9-9-16, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, § 1.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Jurisdiction. - Court of Appeals had jurisdiction over an attorney’s appeal from a final order and judgment of a superior court confirming an arbitration award of the Georgia State Bar Committee on the Arbitration of Fee Disputes in favor of a client’s mother’s estate because the appeal was from a final judgment of a superior
court affirming the award under O.C.G.A. § 9-9-16 and was directly appealable under O.C.G.A. § 5-6-34(a)(1). McFarland v. Roberts, 335 Ga. App. 40, 778 S.E.2d 349, 2015 Ga. App. LEXIS 575 (2015), cert. denied, No. S16C0522, 2016 Ga. LEXIS 229 (Ga. Mar. 7, 2016).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage: enforceability of policy provision limiting appeals from arbitration, 23 A.L.R.5th 801. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage: validity, construction, and effect
of policy provision purporting to reduce coverage by amount paid or payable under workers’ compensation law, 31 A.L.R.5th 116. Participation in arbitration proceedings as waiver to objections to arbitrability under state law, 56 A.L.R.5th 757.