GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC v. FIELDS

Nos. S12G1393, S12G1417.

748 S.E.2d 407 (2013)

293 Ga. 499

GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC et al. v. FIELDS et al. Union Carbide Corp. et al. v. Fields et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Ann Anand , Melinda Lee Moseley , Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Richard A. Schneider , King & Spalding, LLP, Lawrie E. Demorest , James Charles Grant , William Clay Massey , Alston & Bird LLP, Ivan Andrew Gustafson , Frances Laura Spinelli , Evert Weathersby Houff, Atlanta, for appellant,

Robert Cape Buck , Buck Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellee.


HINES, Presiding Justice.

This Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Union Carbide Corp. v. Fields, 315 Ga.App. 554, 726 S.E.2d 521 (2012), which involves assignment of tort liability to entities who are not parties to the suit, as provided for in OCGA § 51-12-33(c). Finding that the Court of Appeals erred in Division 1 (d) of its opinion in holding that admissions...

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