E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. v. Waters

Melton, Justice.

In E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Waters, 298 Ga. App. 843, 844 (681 SE2d 651) (2009), the Court of Appeals determined that, because the complaint filed in this products liability class action prays for equitable relief, the trial court had the authority to appoint a special master to rule on issues of fact and law in pretrial discovery under OCGA § 9-7-1 et seq. 1 The Court of Appeals further found, however, that the order appointing the special master contained provisions which were inconsistent with the statutory scheme, and it remanded the case to the trial court for…