CARTER v. E.I. DuPONT de NEMOURS & CO., INC.

Nos. A94A2836, A94A2840.

456 S.E.2d 661 (1995)

217 Ga. App. 139

CARTER v. E.I. DuPONT de NEMOURS & COMPANY, INC. HARRISON v. E.I. DuPONT de NEMOURS & COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsiderations Denied March 30, 1995.

Certiorari Denied July 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynolds & McArthur, Bradley J. Survant, Macon, for Carter.

Sutton & Associates, Berrien L. Sutton, Homerville, for Harrison.

Elliott & Blackburn, W. Gus Elliott, Valdosta, Alston & Bird, William C. Humphreys, Jr., Jennifer L. Hays, Atlanta, for appellee.

Frank C. Bedinger, III, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta.

O. Wayne Ellerbee, Valdosta.

William C. Sanders, Thomasville.


SMITH, Judge.

Gary Harrison, an employee for Union Tank Car Company, mistakenly hooked an air-driven spot grinder to an unlabeled oxygen line and began working inside a tank car. The oxygen ignited, killing Harrison and causing fellow employee Richard Kevin Carter to be severely burned and injured. Appellants Carter and Sharon Harrison (as administratrix of Gary Harrison's estate) each brought suit against several entities implicated in the incident. Appellee DuPont...

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