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SYNALLOY CORP. v. NEWTON

41336.

254 Ga. 174 (1985)

326 S.E.2d 470

SYNALLOY CORPORATION v. NEWTON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Obenshain, Hanks & Harper, Duncan D. Wheale, William C. Reed, for appellant.

Daniel J. Craig, for appellees.

WELTNER, Justice.

Former employees of Synalloy Corporation (formerly Augusta Chemical Company) filed suit in tort alleging, among other things, that Synalloy negligently exposed them to beta-napthylamine (BNA), a known carcinogen, and failed to warn them of the dangers of exposure. Two of the plaintiffs, Newton and Williams, were employed by Synalloy prior to 1971. The plaintiff Samuels was employed in 1972. None of the plaintiffs learned of the relationship between...

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