Legal Opinion
Modlin v. Swift Textiles, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 20, 1986No. 73057, 73058PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
Summary Judgment — Workers’ Compensation — Third-Party Tort Liability. Prior to April, 1981, Swift Textiles, Inc. (Swift) contracted with Potter-Shackleford (Potter) as general contractor to build a denim manufacturing plant and distribution center. Swift retained Lockwood-Greene Engineers, Inc. as the architect-engineer for the plant. Part of that plant involved the installation and use of an air conditioning system. This system was designed to be a draw-through system. Potter as general contractor subcontracted the air conditioning work to Bahnson Service Company.…
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