Taylor v. Williams

My guess is that the Georgia Supreme Court would decide this case the same way today’s court decides it. The result is certainly equitable. A decision to certify a question of state law to the supreme court of that state is a discretionary one, Escareno v. Noltina Crucible & Refractory Corp., 139 F.3d 1456, 1461 (11th Cir.1998), but in my view a proper exercise of our discretion in this case requires certification. Aong the way to reaching the result the court reaches today it overrules sub silen-tio some Georgia precedent and decides an important question of Georgia law.

Today’s decision…