Mullis v. Southern Co. Services, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a claim that a power plant's electrical distribution system was negligently designed was barred by Georgia's statute of repose over the dissent's argument that the claim was not barred under Turner
• air circuit breaker, an essential component of power plant’s electrical system, found to be “an improvement to real property” under Georgia statute of repose
• component system within electrical system complex was an improvement to real property
• component system within electrical system complex was an improvement to real property
• considering similar factors in addition to the parties’ intent
• power plant’s electrical system was improvement to real property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

63 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Zapata v. Burns
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-17· cited 195×
• Sedar v. Knowlton Construction Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-03-07· cited 117×
• Smith v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1987-01-13· cited 111×
• Brennaman v. R.M.I. Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1994-10-05· cited 109×
• Blaske v. Smith & Entzeroth, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-12-17· cited 105×
• Gibson v. West Virginia Department of Highways
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-05-24· cited 87×
• Sharon Gill, on her own behalf and on behalf of the Estate of Gale Gill v. Evansville Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 82×
• Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Melendez
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-11-03· cited 67×
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. v. Coupard
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-10-23· cited 66×
• St. Louis v. Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-10-22· cited 58×
• Daniel C. Adair v. The Koppers Company, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-10-03· cited 46×
• Hanna v. McWilliams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-05-27· cited 46×
• Thedward Hilliard v. Lummus Company, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-12-03· cited 37×
• Love v. Whirlpool Corp.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-11-07· cited 35×
• Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. Lawrence
  Third Circuit· 1984-07-31· cited 32×
• Cross v. Ainsworth Seed Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-05-09· cited 30×
• Ellis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-17· cited 29×
• Pendzsu v. Beazer East, Inc.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1996-12-23· cited 26×
• Stone v. United Engineering, A Division of Wean, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 26×
• James v. Union Electric Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1998-07-28· cited 25×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rosenberg v. Town of North Bergen
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1972-07-19· cited 254×
• Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Thompson-Yaeger, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-09-16· cited 184×
• Freezer Storage, Inc. v. Armstrong Cork Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 171×
• Howell Ex Rel. Howell v. Burk
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1977-07-19· cited 92×
• Reeves v. Ille Electric Company
  Montana Supreme Court· 1976-06-21· cited 88×
• Allentown Plaza Associates v. Suburban Propane Gas Corp.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-09-10· cited 39×
• Cady v. Jardine
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1937-11-11· cited 38×
• Devier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-05-26· cited 37×
• Frazer v. City of Albany
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-03-12· cited 36×
• Turner v. Marable-Pirkle, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-03-10· cited 26×
• Pinneo v. Stevens Pass, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-02-02· cited 24×
• Pitts v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-09-15· cited 13×
• Redwine v. Arvaniti
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1951-01-27· cited 4×