Legal Opinion
Georgia-Pacific, LLC v. Fields
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 2013No. S12G1393; S12G1417PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Presiding Justice.
This Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Union Carbide Corp. v. Fields, 315 Ga. App. 554 (726 SE2d 521) (2012), which involves assignment of tort liability to entities who are not parties to the suit, as provided for in OCGA § 51-12-33 (c). Finding that the Court of Appeals erred in Division 1 (d) of its opinion in holding that admissions concerning the nonparties found in the pleadings and elsewhere did not constitute evidence for the purpose of summary judgment, and also erred in applying the “right for any reason” rule to the issue, we…
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