Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Wray Eckl, Melanie C. Eyre Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, and Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, for appellant.
for defendant: Edward E. Strain III, David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, Sidney L. Cottingham and Robert L. Porter Jr. Cottingham & Porter, Douglas, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Byron Attridge, Chilton D. Varner, Amy M. Power King & Spaulding, Douglas N. Campbell, Kenneth J. Moran McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, N. Karen Deming, Carmie L. McCurry Troutman Sanders, Terry R. Howell Lord, Bissell & Brook, G. Michael Banick, Karen M. Raby Alembik, Fine & Callner PA, Atlanta, High F. Young Jr., Reston, Va., and Harvey M. Grossman, Los Angeles, Calif. Amicus appellees: Deborah A. Ausburn Lord, Bissell & Brook, George W. Fryhofer III, Terrance C. Sullivan, Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer & Daugherty, Atlanta, James E. Butler Jr. and Joel O. Wooten Jr. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer & Daugherty, Columbus.
Case Number: S00G0490
The tire manufacturer's adjustment statistics based on honored consumer claims were inadmissible in the plaintiff's product liability suit because there was no substantial similarity between the tir