Court Opinion

ID: 9483233
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:14:58.62414+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:49:30.373460
License: Public Domain

BIRCH, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent. While the majority opinion is thoughtful and thorough, it frankly acknowledges that: “As our discussion of the Georgia case law illustrates, such an approach is necessary where there is no decision directly on point on the issue of whether the Fireman’s Rule will *690bar recovery for negligence against the manufacturer of a product whose explosion during the course of a fire injures a firefighter.” Maj. Op. at 686 (emphasis added). Under such circumstances we should certify the unresolved issue of Georgia law to the Supreme Court of Georgia. For that reason I cannot join in the majority’s resolution of this case.