General Refractories Co. v. Rogers

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• holding that punitive damages were not authorized because the defendant complied with state authority and made efforts to reduce the quantity of water diverted onto the plaintiff’s property
• “[g]reat disparity between demand and verdict alone may defeat an award of attorney fees under [former OCGA § 13-6-11] when bottomed on a stubbornly litigious theory”
• no showing defendant wilfully or intentionally diverted water so as to cause unnatural deposit on plaintiff’s property; defendant entitled to a directed verdict on claims for punitive damages and attorney fees

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