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CAREY CANADA, INC. v. HEAD

40630.

252 Ga. 23 (1984)

310 S.E.2d 895

CAREY CANADA, INC. v. HEAD et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brannen, Wessels & Searcy, Charles B. Mikell, Jr., Cindy M. Swinson, for appellant.

Richard H. Middleton, Jr., Eugene C. Brooks IV, for appellees.

MARSHALL, Presiding Justice.

The petitioner for writ of prohibition, Carey Canada, Inc., is a Canadian corporation which is engaged in asbestos mining operations in Quebec. The petitioner has been sued, along with various other defendants, in a multiplicity of state and federal asbestos product-liability suits in Georgia.

Forty-six of these suits are currently pending in the State Court of Chatham County. The state court judge, Honorable James W. Head, has...

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