L. LIN WOOD v. NICOLE WADE

Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________
April 13, 2026

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26A1640. L. LIN WOOD et al. v. NICOLE WADE et al.

In this civil action, the trial court entered a final judgment of $9,661,177 in favor
of the plaintiffs. The trial court later denied L. Lin Wood’s motion for judgment
notwithstanding the verdict/motion for new trial.1 The plaintiffs moved for
supersedeas bond, which the trial court granted on November 5, 2025. On November
12, 2025, Wood filed a motion for reconsideration, which the trial court denied on
December 8, 2025. Wood then filed a notice of appeal on December 9, 2025. We,
however, lack jurisdiction.
A notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days of entry of the judgment or trial
court order sought to be appealed. OCGA § 5-6-38 (a). The proper and timely filing
of a notice of appeal is an absolute requirement to confer appellate jurisdiction on this
Court. Perlman v. Perlman, 318 Ga. App. 731, 739(4) (734 SE2d 560) (2012). In this
case, Wood did not file his notice of appeal until 34 days after the court’s November
5 order. And though Wood filed his appeal within 30 days of the order denying his
motion for reconsideration, the denial of such a motion is not subject to direct appeal.
See Ferguson v. Freeman, 282 Ga. 180, 181(1) (646 SE2d 65) (2007); Bell v. Cohran,
244 Ga. App. 510, 511 (536 SE2d 187) (2000). Moreover, the filing of a motion for
reconsideration does not toll the time for filing a direct appeal. Ferguson, 282 Ga. at
181(1); see Harned v. Piedmont Healthcare Found., Inc., 356 Ga. App. 870, 872 (849
SE2d 726) (2020) (“It is well settled that motions for reconsideration do not toll the

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The appeal for this order is docketed in Case No. A26A1639.
time period for filing a notice of appeal.”).
Accordingly, Wood’s failure to file a timely notice of appeal as to the November
5 supersedeas order deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby
DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
04/13/2026
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.