DECIDED SEPTEMBER 21, 1998. Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia — 227 Ga. App. 44. Enoch Overby, Howard E. Jarvis, J. Ford Little, for appellant.
The decision of the Court of Appeals in this case was reversed by the Supreme Court in Exxon Corporation v. Thomason, 269 Ga. 761 ( 504 S.E.2d 676) (1998). Accordingly, the decision in Thomason v. Exxon Corp., 227 Ga. App. 44 ( 487 S.E.2d 605) (1997), which was originally authored by Presiding Judge Birdsong, is hereby vacated, and the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of this Court. Therefore, in accordance with the opinion of the Supreme Court, the ruling of the trial court is affirmed.