Legal Opinion
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, Lp v. Ratner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 11, 2014No. S13G1723Published
1Opinion of the Court
In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: July 11, 2014 S13G1723. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LP v. RATNER et al. BLACKWELL, Justice. The named plaintiffs in this class action own real property in Mallard Pointe, a residential neighborhood in Effingham County. Nearby, since 1986, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP has operated the Savannah River Mill, a facility that includes more than a hundred acres of sludge fields, into which Georgia-Pacific puts the solid waste generated at the Mill. As this solid waste decomposes, the plaintiffs say, hydrogen sulfide gas is released from the…
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