GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS v. RATNER

No. S13G1723.

762 S.E.2d 419 (2014)

295 Ga. 524

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LP v. RATNER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hull Barrett , David E. Hudson , William J. Keogh III , Augusta, Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Ryburn C. Ratterree , Tracy A. O'Connell , Savannah, for appellant.

Bell & Brigham, John C. Bell, Jr. , Augusta, Oliver Maner , Benjamin M. Perkins , Timothy D. Roberts , Savannah, Melissa L. Bailey , for appellee.

Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis, Robert M. Brinson , Norman S. Fletcher , Rome, Troutman Sanders , William M. Droze , Douglas A. Henderson , Atlanta, McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Hugh B. McNatt , Randall D. Quintrell , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, Alan E. Untereiner , Matthew M. Madden , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, John H. Beisner , Geoffrey M. Wyatt , Jessica D. Miller , GreenLaw, Steven D. Caley , amici curiae.


BLACKWELL, Justice.

The named plaintiffs in this class action own real property in Mallard Pointe, a residential neighborhood in Effingham County. Nearby, since 1986, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP has operated the Savannah River Mill, a facility that includes more than a hundred acres of sludge fields, into which Georgia-Pacific puts the solid waste generated at the Mill. As this solid waste decomposes, the plaintiffs say, hydrogen sulfide gas is released...

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