MODLIN v. SWIFT TEXTILES, INC.

73057, 73058.

180 Ga. App. 726 (1986)

350 S.E.2d 273

MODLIN v. SWIFT TEXTILES, INC. et al. BLACK & DECKER, INC. v. POTTER-SHACKLEFORD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Bennett, Billy E. Moore, for Modlin.

Howell Hollis, Richard Y. Bradley, Albert W. Stubbs, John Laney, John W. Denney, for Swift Textiles.

Alan F. Herman, Michael A. Cole, for Black & Decker.

John W. Denney, Paul R. Bennett, Howell Hollis, for Potter-Shackleford.


BIRDSONG, Presiding Judge.

Summary Judgment — Workers' Compensation — Third-Party Tort Liability. Prior to April, 1981, Swift Textiles, Inc. (Swift) contracted with Potter-Shackleford (Potter) as general contractor to build a denim manufacturing plant and distribution center. Swift retained Lockwood-Greene Engineers, Inc. as the architect-engineer for the plant. Part of that plant involved the installation and use of an air conditioning system. This...

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