Georgia Pipe Co. v. Lawler

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant in a wrongful death action from a final judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. We find no error mandating a new trial, but we do find that the court erred in calculating the amount of the judgment. We therefore reverse the judgment entered and remand the case with direction that the trial court enter judgment in the correct amount.

Georgia Pipe Company manufactures PVC pipe in Thomasville. On February 8, 1999, Richard Randall, an employee of Cresco Lines, Inc., drove his tractor-trailer to Thomasville to pick up pipes for delivery to…