Divecchio v. Mead Corp.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

On August 21, 1985, William Troutman, who was the general manager of Mead Corporation’s two corrugated box plants in Atlanta and Covington, met five other Mead employees at a restaurant/bar to celebrate the impending marriage of another employee. Mead Corporation subsequently reimbursed one of the employees for the tab. Troutman, who had four drinks of Scotch during the hour and a half that he was at the bar, admittedly was “high” or feeling a “buzz” when he left. On his way home, driving a company car, Troutman fell asleep at the wheel and ran over Angelo and Velma…