Legal Opinion
Mason v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 10, 2008No. S07A1486PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
Arvin Ritchey Mason and Claudia Mason (hereinafter, the Masons) sued The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. and The Flecto Company, Inc. in 1997 for injuries Arvin Mason allegedly received in 1996 while using Varathane, a floor covering product manufactured by Flecto and sold by Home Depot, and for Claudia Mason’s resulting loss of *272consortium. Shortly before the case went to trial in February 2005, the Georgia General Assembly enacted the Tort Reform Act of 2005 (hereinafter TRA), including OCGA § 24-9-67.1,* 1 23which governs the qualification of expert witnesses and the admissibility…
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