On July 16, the April term of court ended at the Georgia Court of Appeals. As is typical, the last few days of the Court’s term brought the most interesting decisions. This blog will be writing about some of them over the next few days. In Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP v. Ratner, Case No. A13A0455 (decided July 16, 2013), a divided court affirmed the certification of a class action brought on behalf of a collection of property owners who claimed that the emission of hydrogen sulfide gas from a Georgia Pacific mill had damaged their properties and interfered with their use… Read more
Tag: Class Certification
SGR Obtains Dismissal of Toxic Tort Lawsuit, Victory for Client
Last Friday, SGR environmental attorneys Andy Thompson and Steve O’Day achieved victory for SGR’s client, Alcoa, in a large toxic tort lawsuit. The case was first filed in 2004 and after defeating the plaintiffs’ efforts at class certification, the case was limited to twelve plaintiffs alleging that they developed beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium disease as a result of alleged exposures during the manufacture of military aircraft at Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia. Plaintiffs offered the testimony of an industrial hygienist to attempt to establish causation and exposure to the defendants’ products. SGR moved to exclude the testimony of the… Read more