Judge rejects largest bombing suit
Posted: Thursday January 28, 1999 12:22 PM
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Atlanta's Olympic park was rocked by a bomb that killed one person Allsport |
ATLANTA (AP) -- A judge has rejected the largest of the liability
suits filed by victims of the 1996 bombing in Centennial Olympic
Park.
State Court Senior Judge Charles L. Carnes ruled that all
remaining defendants in the lawsuit are protected from liability
under state law.
The lawsuit was filed by 37 people injured when a pipe bomb
exploded at the park July 27, 1996, and by six of their spouses.
Defendants were the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, AT&T and two companies that handled park security. The bomb exploded
near an AT&T tower.
Carnes ruled last fall that ACOG was protected from liability by
the Georgia Recreational Property Act of 1965, which protects
property owners who make their property available for public
recreational use free of charge.
In a hearing last week, Carnes ruled that the same protection
extends to AT&T and the security companies, Anthony Davis Inc.
and Borg-Warner Protective Services Corp.
James Sadd, who represents the plaintiffs, said he will appeal.
His clients were seeking more than $100 million in damages.
Eric Robert Rudolph has been charged with the Olympic Park
bombing, as well as with two 1997 Atlanta bombings and one last
year at a Birmingham, Alabama abortion clinic. He remains a
fugitive.
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