Legal Opinion
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, Lp v. Ratner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2014No. S13G1723PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Justice.
The named plaintiffs in this class action own real property in Mallard Pointe, a residential neighborhood in Effingham County. Nearby, since 1986, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP has operated the Savannah River Mill, a facility that includes more than a hundred acres of sludge fields, into which Georgia-Pacific puts the solid waste generated at the Mill. As this solid waste decomposes, the plaintiffs say, hydrogen sulfide gas is released from the sludge fields. Alleging that their real property has been contaminated by this gas — and that, as a result, they have been…
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