ST. JOSEPH HOSP. v. CELOTEX CORP.

No. 87-8140.

854 F.2d 426 (1988)

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, as Successor to the Spraycraft Corporation (a Delaware Corporation), United States Gypsum Company (a Delaware Corporation), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greene, Buckley, DeRieux & Jones, John D. Jones, Carla A. Ford, Atlanta, Ga., Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Ralph W. Brenner, Stephen A. Madva, Philadelphia, Pa., for Celotex.

Blatt & Fales, Edward J. Westbrook, Charleston, S.C., Daniel A. Speights, Hampton, S.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Freeman & Hawkins, Julia Bennett Jagger, Atlanta, Ga., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Thomas B. Kenworthy, Frank L. Corrado, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for U.S. Gypsum.

Before VANCE and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal involves the applicability of a statute recently enacted by the Georgia legislature. Because of the importance of this issue of Georgia law to the resolution of several pending lawsuits, we believe that the Georgia Supreme Court should have the opportunity to address the issue. We therefore certify the question to the Supreme Court of Georgia pursuant to Ga. Const. art. 6, § 6, para. 4, Ga.Code Ann. § 15-2-9 and Rule 37 of the Georgia...

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