Legal Opinion · Dissent

Archer Western Contractors, Ltd. v. Estate of Pitts

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 27, 2012No. S12G0517; S12G0526; S12G0527Published

1DissentHines, Justice

I respectfully dissent because contrary to the opinion of the majority, the analysis of the Court of Appeals is neither ill-reasoned nor incomplete. That Court’s reversal of the trial court’s grants of summary judgment to defendants — the City of Atlanta and companies associated with a construction project at the Atlanta Hartsfield-J ackson International Airport — on breach of contract claims brought by the estate of a worker killed at the construction site, was mandated by the relevant uncontroverted facts of the case and the applicable principles of Georgia contract law. See Estate of Pitts…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Bright v. NimmoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  2. American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance v. Hathaway Development Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  3. Canton Plaza, Inc. v. Regions Bank, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  4. Horwitz v. WeilSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  5. Boller v. Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

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