Pollock v. Georgia Power Company

Stolz, Judge.

The appellants, Mitchell County pecan farmers, sued Georgia Power Company for damages to their crops for various years between 1971 and 1974 caused by sulfur dioxide emissions from Georgia Power’s Plant Mitchell general facility. The issue was decided by a jury on grounds of negligence, and damages were awarded in favor of appellants C. M. Pippin and Walter Pollock, Sr. The jury found in favor of Georgia Power as against the appellants Roy Lester Pollock and Walter Pollock, Jr. Judgment was entered on the jury verdict. The appellants challenge the court’s judgment in Nos. 53449…