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JOHNS v. SUZUKI MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC.

S19G1478.

850 S.E.2d 59 (2020)

JOHNS et al. v. SUZUKI MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 19, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Kathleen Coalson , David Frank Walbert , Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C., 75 Fourteenth Street, 26th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, R. Randy Edwards , Paul Anthony Piland , Cochran & Edwards, LLC, 2950 Atlanta Road, S.E., Smyrna, Georgia 30080, John Wesley Sherrod , Sherrod & Bernard, P.O. Box 1154, Douglasville, Georgia 30133-1154, Attorneys for the Appellant.

John David Hadden , The Hadden Law Firm, LLC, 44 Broad Street, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellant.

Chilton D. Varner , Susan Marie Clare , King & Spalding LLP, 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3521, Attorneys for the Appellee.

James D. Meadows , James Lynn Hollis , Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins , Patrick N. Silloway , Balch & Bingham LLP, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. NW, Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, David Norton Nelson , Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP, P.O. Box 18086, Macon, Georgia 31209, Elissa Blache Haynes , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3500, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 2 East Bryan Street, 10th Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellee.

We granted this petition for certiorari to decide whether OCGA § 51-12-33(a) applies to a strict products liability claim under OCGA § 51-1-11. The Court of Appeals held that strict products liability claims are subject to such apportionment. See Suzuki Motor of Am., Inc. v. Johns, 351 Ga.App. 186, 198...

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