E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. WATERS

No. S09G1928.

695 S.E.2d 265 (2010)

E.I. DuPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY v. WATERS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams, Paul W. Painter, Jr., Sarah B. Akins, Savannah, Crowell & Moring, Tracy A. Roman, Kathleen Taylor Sooy, Washington, DC, for appellant.

The Middleton Law Firm, Richard H. Middleton, Jr., Stephen A. Sael, Savannah, Arnold, Stafford, Randolph & Schaefer, Jeffery L. Arnold, H. Craig Stafford, Osteen & Osteen, Christopher J. Osteen, Alvin G. Wells, Jr., Hinesville, for appellees.


MELTON, Justice.

In E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Waters, 298 Ga.App. 843, 844, 681 S.E.2d 651 (2009), the Court of Appeals determined that, because the complaint filed in this products liability class action prays for equitable relief, the trial court had the authority to appoint a special master to rule on issues of fact and law in pretrial discovery under OCGA § 9-7-1 et seq.1 The...

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