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2018 Georgia Code 50-21-36 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 50-21-36 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 50-21-36

TITLE 50 STATE GOVERNMENT

Section 21. Waiver of Sovereign Immunity as to Actions Ex Contractu; State Tort Claims, 50-21-1 through 50-21-37.

ARTICLE 2 STATE TORT CLAIMS

50-21-36. Settlement of claims.

The commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, or his or her delegate, shall have the authority, within the limits provided in this article, to make settlement of claims, causes of action, and actions under this article.

(Code 1981, §50-21-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1883, § 1.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Shekhawat v. Jones, 293 Ga. 468, 746 S.E.2d 89 (2013).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 50-21-36

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Georgia Dep't of Corr. v. Couch, 295 Ga. 469 (Ga. 2014).

Cited 63 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 16, 2014 | 759 S.E.2d 804, 2014 Fulton County D. Rep. 1524

...in negligence actions). It is also doubtful that attorney fees awarded under § 9- 11-68 (b) due to the decision by the defendant state agency (and the Department of Administrative Services, which must approve any settlement in an action under the GTCA, see § 50-21-36) to reject a plaintiff’s settlement offer can be characterized as a loss proximately “caused by the tort” that was the basis for that lawsuit....
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Shekhawat v. Jones, 293 Ga. 468 (Ga. 2013).

Cited 47 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jul 11, 2013 | 746 S.E.2d 89, 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 2198

... Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX (d). See id. at (a) (General Assembly may waive sovereign immunity by enacting a State Tort Claims Act). In 1992, our legislature enacted the Georgia Tort Claims Act (“GTCA”), OCGA §§ 50-21-20 to 50-21-36....
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Cummings v. Georgia Dep't of Juv. Just., 282 Ga. 822 (Ga. 2007).

Cited 43 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 21, 2007 | 653 S.E.2d 729, 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 3605

...agency makes sense in light of the fact that the GTCA vests DOAS, rather than the responsible agency, with specific authority to investigate claims arising thereunder and with sole authority to settle such claims. See OCGA §§ 50-21-26 (c) and (d); 50-21-36....