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VULCAN MATERIALS CO. v. DRILTECH, INC.

39953.

251 Ga. 383 (1983)

306 S.E.2d 253

VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, INC. v. DRILTECH, INC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, Robert L. Todd, R. Dennis Withers, G. Terrell Davis, for appellant.

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Charles T. Lester, Jr., Thomas A. Cox, Thomas A. Varlan, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Presiding Justice.

This case comes to us on certified questions from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. These are the facts:

In 1976, Vulcan Materials Company, Inc., purchased a rotary blast hole drilling machine for use in its rock quarry near Kennesaw, Georgia. The machine was manufactured by Driltech, Inc. In 1978, a cast iron bushing in the machine's compressor system fractured, releasing a spray of hydraulic fluid. This spray was ignited...

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