Carey Canada, Inc. v. Hinely

Marshall, Chief Justice.

This case, Carey Canada, Inc. v. Hinely, 181 Ga. App. 364 (352 SE2d 398) (1986), is here on certiorari. The question for decision is whether the trial court, which is the State Court of Chatham County, by imposing a fine against the appellant in the amount of $500 per day for past violations of a court order compelling discovery, exceeded a jurisdictional limitation imposed on State Courts under OCGA § 15-7-4 (5). For reasons which follow, we conclude that it did.

This is a products-liability action against the appellant, which produces asbestos and goods containing…