Leech v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation

McAllister, j.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant, entered after the trial court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint on the ground that it faded to state a cause of action.

According to the complaint, plaintiff Janice Leech has been since birth an incompetent person by reason of mental retardation. In 1966 her father, Willis Leech, was killed in an industrial accident while employed by defendant Georgia-Pacific Corporation. The complaint charges that Willis Leech’s death was caused by defendant’s negligence in several particulars and prays for damages. In addition to the…