Legal Opinion
Mullis v. Speight Seed Farms, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 19, 1998No. A98A1023PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Eugene Mullís, pin-chaser of tobacco seed, sued Speight Seed Farms, Inc., the seed manufacturer, for damages resulting from allegedly defective seed. The trial court granted summary judgment to Speight, and Mullís appeals. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
On appeal from a trial court’s grant of summary judgment, the evidence is reviewed de novo. Gentile v. Bower, 222 Ga. App. 736 (477 SE2d 130) (1996). In order to prevail at summary judgment under OCGA § 9-11-56, the moving party must demonstrate that no genuine issue of material fact remains for trial and that the…
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