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GEORGIA POWER CO. v. HINSON

71605, 71606.

179 Ga. App. 263 (1986)

346 S.E.2d 73

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY v. HINSON; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas Whelchel, James V. Towson, John E. Bumgartner, Wallace Miller, Jr., for Georgia Power Co.

J. S. Hutto, Karen M. Krider, for Hinson.

SOGNIER, Judge.

J. T. Hinson, d/b/a Edgy Wooten Lumber Company, brought suit against Georgia Power Company seeking compensatory damages as a result of a fire on the premises of the lumber company allegedly caused by Georgia Power's negligent maintenance of electrical wires servicing Hinson's business. Hinson also sought actual and punitive damages based on the allegation that Georgia Power deliberately and intentionally tampered with evidence critical to Hinson's...

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