Ga.-Pac. Consumer Prods., LP v. Ratner

Full title: GEORGIA–PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LP v. RATNER et al.

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Date published: Aug 6, 2015

776 S.E.2d 312 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015)

776 S.E.2d 312

Opinion

No. A13A0455.

08-06-2015

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

Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Tracy Ann O'Connell, Hull Barrett, David E. Hudson, for appellant. Bell & Brigham, John C. Bell, Jr., Oliver Maner, Benjamin M. Perkins, Timothy D. Roberts, for appellees. Troutman Sanders, William M. Droze, amicus curiae.

ELLINGTON, Presiding Judge.

Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Tracy Ann O'Connell, Hull Barrett, David E. Hudson, for appellant.

Bell & Brigham, John C. Bell, Jr., Oliver Maner, Benjamin M. Perkins, Timothy D. Roberts, for appellees.

Troutman Sanders, William M. Droze, amicus curiae.

Opinion

ELLINGTON, Presiding Judge.In Georgia–Pacific Consumer Products, LP v. Ratner, 295 Ga. 524, 762 S.E.2d 419 (2014), the Supreme Court of Georgia reversed this Court's decision in Georgia–Pacific Consumer Prods., LP v. Ratner, 323 Ga.App. 203, 746 S.E.2d 829 (2013), in which we affirmed the trial court's order certifying the class in this suit alleging damages from the release of hydrogen sulfide gas from the defendant's sludge fields, finding no abuse of discretion. Accordingly, our prior decision is vacated, the opinion the Supreme Court is made the opinion of this Court, and the order of the trial court is hereby reversed.

Judgment reversed.

ANDREWS, P.J., BARNES, P.J., PHIPPS, P.J., MILLER, RAY, and BRANCH, JJ., concur.