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SOUTHWIRE CO. v. GEORGE

No. S95G1507.

470 S.E.2d 865 (1996)

266 Ga. 739

SOUTHWIRE COMPANY v. GEORGE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. Smith, Smith, Wallis & Scott, Carrollton, for Southwire Co.

Charles H. Lumpkin, Jr., Charles H. Lumpkin Jr., P.C., Carrollton, John G. Blackmon, Jr., Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for George.

Andrew J. Hamilton, Robert C. Buck, Hamilton, Westby, Marshall & Antonowich, Atlanta, Marion M. Handley, Drew, Eckel & Farnham, Atlanta, for amicus appellant.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in George v. Southwire Co., 217 Ga.App. 586, 458 S.E.2d 362 (1995), and posed the following query:

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