Georgia Court Affirms Rulings on Nonparty Fault, Chrysotile Exposure

ATLANTA - Defendants in a Georgia asbestos case have failed in their bid to overturn a trial court ruling that prevented them from presenting the potential fault of more than a dozen nonparty entities in order to offset damages that may be awarded in the case. Union Carbide Corp., et al. v. Fields, et al., Nos. A11A2025 and A11A2026 (Ga. Ct. App.)

The Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled March 20 that without sufficient evidence that the nonparty entities were responsible for causing the plaintiffs' peritoneal mesothelioma, they cannot be assigned allocation of fault for the purpose of apportioning damages …