Six years after a corporate jet hit a power pole while taking off from an airport in Thomson, killing five passengers, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the company hosting the pole and Georgia Power Co. does not absolve the utility from liability for any damage claims.

The ruling overturns the Georgia Court of Appeals and a trial judge, who had said a “hold harmless” agreement between Georgia Power and textile giant Milliken & Co. shielded the utility from liability for any accident related to the pole and power lines, which were erected to service a Milliken plant.

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