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GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.

No. S04Q2099.

608 S.E.2d 636 (2005)

279 Ga. 77

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY v. LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 7, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katharine R. Latimer, Donald W. Fowler, Rebecca Anne Womeldorf, Joe G. Hollingsworth, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Steven R. Kuney, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington DC, for Appellant.

Richard A. Horder, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, Stephen R. Berlin, Laura A. Greer, Adam H. Charnes, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC, Susan H. Cooper, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Charlotte, NC, for Appellee.

William S.D. Cravens, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, DC, for Other.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

The first question certified by the Eleventh Circuit in this case is whether Georgia's economic loss rule allows a plaintiff to recover in tort lost profits that would have only been realized by using its damaged property and other damaged property that it did not own.1 We hold that established Georgia law and policy considerations dictate that a plaintiff may only recover lost profits associated with damage...

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