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AT & T CORP. v. SIGALA

Nos. S01A0464, S01A0465.

549 S.E.2d 373 (2001)

274 Ga. 137

AT & T CORPORATION et al., v. SIGALA et al. AT & T Corporation et al., v. Perez et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troutman Sanders, Norman L. Underwood, William N. Withrow, Jr., Lynette E. Smith, Atlanta, for appellants.

Cummings, Cummings & Dedenhefer, John L. Cummings, III, Frank C. Dudenhefer, Jr., Richard M. Martin, Jr., New Orleans, LA, Knight & Marlowe, Terry J. Marlowe, Albany, L. Katherine Adams, Decatur, Lambert & Nelson, Hugh P. Lambert, Linda J. Nelson, New Orleans, La, for appellees.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

Cruz Sigala, Ligia Pacheco de Perez and other citizens of the Republic of Venezuela filed these wrongful death and personal injury actions against AT & T Corporation and its Atlanta employees as a result of a 1993 gas pipeline explosion in Venezuela. The defendants moved to dismiss on the basis of forum non conveniens, which the trial court denied due to the absence of statutory authority. We...

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