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  • Viad Corp v. United States Steel Corporation

    Publication Date: 2018-02-08
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alston & Bird, Daniel F. Diffley, Kyle G. A. Wallace, Annalise K. Peters; Moore Clarke DuVall & Rodgers, James H. Moore III, Matthew D. DeMott, for appellant.
    for defendant: Watson Spence, Louis E. Hatcher, Alfreda L. Sheppard, F. Faison Middleton IV, Christopher L. Foreman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0937

    Plaintiff could not claim indemnity for its own negligence after State ordered it and its predecessor to pay for environmental remediation of certain property because the assumption agreement did not expressly, plainly, clearly and unequivocally provide that predecessor would indemnify plaintiff to that extent; accordingly, the trial court erred in granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in its suit for indemnification.

  • Toyo Tire N. Am. Mfg. Inc. v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alpert, Jeffrey K. Douglass Morris Manning Martin LLP, Atlanta, and David Archer Archer Lovell PC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Kyle G. A. Wallace, Andrew J. Tuck Alston Bird LLP, Hugh B. McNatt, T. Joshua R. Archer, Malissa A. Kaufold-Wiggins Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, Charles W. Whitney Oglethorpe Power Corp., Tucker, and Brian D. Boone Alston Bird LLP, Charlotte, NC. William Akin and S. Lester Tate Akin Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15G1804

    The plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to survive the dant's motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit asserting claims for trespass, continuing trespass and nuisance arising out of th