Legal Opinion
John Crane, Inc. v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 8, 2004No. S03G1791PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
This Court granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in John Crane, Inc. v. Jones, 262 Ga. App. 531 (586 SE2d 26) (2003), to consider the question:
Where separate tortious acts allegedly committed by multiple defendants may have combined to produce the plaintiffs injury, must each individual tortfeasor’s conduct constitute a “substantial” contributing factor in the injury in order to be considered a proximate cause thereof?
We conclude that the question must be answered in the negative; therefore, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
The following facts are set forth…
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