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EXXON CORP. v. THOMASON

No. S97G1723.

504 S.E.2d 676 (1998)

EXXON CORPORATION v. THOMASON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enoch Overby, Calhoun, Howard E. Jarvis, J. Ford Little, Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, Knoxville, TN, for Exxon Corporation.

Warren N. Coppedge, Jr., Coppedge, Leman & Ward, P.C., Dalton, for James Thomason.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider the requirement that a defendant set up a meritorious defense in order to open default. Because the court of appeals construed this requirement too narrowly, we reverse the court of appeals' judgment,1 which held that the trial court erred in opening Exxon Corporation's default.

James Thomason filed suit against Exxon and others alleging that leaking storage...

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