RODRIGUES v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.

No. A08A0755.

661 S.E.2d 141 (2008)

RODRIGUES v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter D. Adams, for appellant.

Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, James L. Roberts IV, Mark D. Johnson, Brunswick, King & Spalding, Randall J. Butterfield, Atlanta, for appellee.


BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

In this toxic tort action, plaintiff Ronnie Rodrigues appeals the grant of summary judgment to defendant Georgia-Pacific Corporation, arguing that competent evidence showed that Rodrigues's exposure to chlorine chemicals at a Georgia-Pacific plant proximately caused Rodrigues's pneumonia. We hold that the expert affidavit submitted by Rodrigues, in which a physician testified to a reasonable...

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