UNION CARBIDE v. HOLTON

50920, 50921.

136 Ga. App. 726 (1975)

222 S.E.2d 105

UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION v. HOLTON. (two cases).

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 7, 1975.

Rehearing Denied November 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulcher, Hagler, Harper & Reed, W. M. Fulcher, Wiley S. Obenshain, III, for appellant.

Hinton R. Pierce, Claud R. Caldwell, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether plaintiff's injuries from an exploding compressed air cylinder were proximately caused by the defendant's alleged negligence as a matter of law.

Appellee Holton, a plaintiff below, was an employee of a Holiday Inn motel in Augusta, Georgia, where he and his supervisor performed routine maintenance duties at the motel such as making keys, repairing broken beds, televisions, air conditioning units...

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