Parr v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.

In these consolidated appeals, the plaintiffs Jim Parr, Jean Parr, Paul Baker, Evangeline Baker, Joe P. Magee, and Phyllis Magee (collectively "the Parrs") (case 1920723), and the Solid Waste Authority of Etowah County ("SWA") (case 1920724), appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company ("Goodyear").

At issue here is: 1) whether the trial court erred in entering a summary judgment before the Parrs obtained, through discovery, information they say was crucial in opposing Goodyear's motion for summary judgment, and; 2) whether the trial court…