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  • Patterson v. Bristol Timber Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Stoll, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Michael Bray, Lauren L. McKenzie Bray & Johnson, Mathew A. Baker Cherokee County Juvenile Court, and Richard A. Jones, Canton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0343

    The first defendant was a statutory employer under the Workers' Compensation Act, who was entitled to O.C.G.A. § 34-9-11's tort immunity, since it contracted to supply wood chips to a third party, i

  • John Crane Inc. v. Highsmith

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ollie M. Harton, Jennifer P. Treanor, Elizabeth B. Padgett Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, Daniel J. O'Connell, Elgin, Ill. And Michael A. Pollard Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger B. Lane, Brunswick, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1507

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to charge the jury that the defendant could only be liable under a negligence theory, as opposed to strict liability, since the evidence did