DENTON v. CON-WAY SOUTHERN EXP., INC.

Nos. S90A1101, S90A1245.

402 S.E.2d 269 (1991)

261 Ga. 41

DENTON v. CON-WAY SOUTHERN EXPRESS, INC. et al. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY v. FALAGAN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert E. Hamilton, III, Lindsay H. Bennett, Jr., Bennett & Hamilton, Rossville, for Denton.

D. Gary Lovell, Jr., Thomas S. Carlock, Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair Harold N. Hill, Jr., Hurt-Richardson, Atlanta, for Con-Way Exp., Inc., et al.

Richard L. Greene, Medical Association of Georgia, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Hurt-Richardson, Atlanta.

G. Conley Ingram, Dow N. Kirkpatrick, Alston & Bird, Harmon, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney, David C. Will, H. Andrew Owen, Atlanta, for amicus curiae appellee in No. S90A1101.

H. Jerome Strickland, H.J. Strickland, Jr., Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for Georgia Power Co.

G. Lee Dickens, Jr., Dickens, Mangum, Burns & Moore, Milledgeville, Eugene Brooks, Middleton & Anderson, P.C., Savannah, Thomas S. Carlock, Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for Falagan.

D. Gary Lovell, Jr., Webb, Carlock, Semler & Stair Atlanta, Hardy Gregory, Jr., Davis, Gregory & Christy, Cordele.

R. Clay Porter, Dennis, Corry, Porter, Thornton, et al., Craig P. Siegenthaler, Atlanta, for amicus curiae appellee in No. S90A1245.


SMITH, Presiding Justice.

We consolidated these appeals because they represent challenges to the constitutionality of OCGA § 51-12-1.1 For the reasons which follow, we hold that subsection (b) of OCGA § 51-12-1 is unconstitutional under state constitutional law. We, therefore, reverse case number S90A1101 and affirm case number S90A1245.

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