Legal Opinion
Perry v. Soil Remediation, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 13, 1996No. A96A0609PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Shawn Perry suffered injury when, according to his suit, a vehicle in another lane struck an accumulation of sand and oil on the road, lost control, and hit his motorcycle. Claiming that oily waste spilled from a transport truck en route to a landfill and caused the accident, Perry sued the owner-driver of the truck he claims caused the spill and Soil Remediation, the company he claims shipped the waste. Soil Remediation moved for summary judgment, claiming it had no vicarious liability for the acts of its truck driver, an indepen dent contractor. The trial court agreed. We…
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