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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS v. RATNER

No. S13G1723.

762 S.E.2d 419 (2014)

295 Ga. 524

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

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hull Barrett, David E. Hudson, William J. Keogh III, Augusta, Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Ryburn C. Ratterree, Tracy A. O'Connell, Savannah, for appellant.

Bell & Brigham, John C. Bell, Jr., Augusta, Oliver Maner, Benjamin M. Perkins, Timothy D. Roberts, Savannah, Melissa L. Bailey, for appellee.

Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis, Robert M. Brinson, Norman S. Fletcher, Rome, Troutman Sanders, William M. Droze, Douglas A. Henderson, Atlanta, McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Hugh B. McNatt, Randall D. Quintrell, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, Alan E. Untereiner, Matthew M. Madden, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, John H. Beisner, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, Jessica D. Miller, GreenLaw, Steven D. Caley, amici curiae.

BLACKWELL, Justice.

The named plaintiffs in this class action own real property in Mallard Pointe, a residential neighborhood in Effingham County. Nearby, since 1986, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP has operated the Savannah River Mill, a facility that includes more than a hundred acres of sludge fields, into which Georgia-Pacific puts the solid waste generated at the Mill. As this solid waste decomposes, the plaintiffs say, hydrogen sulfide gas is released...

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