O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 10-1-835 (2019)

Civil penalties for violation

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Any violation of this article shall be considered a violation of Part 2 of Article 15 of this chapter, the “Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,” as administered by the Attorney General, and all public and private remedies available under such part shall be available regarding violations of this article.

History

Code 1981, § 10-1-835, enacted by Ga.

L. 1992, p. 3256, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1165, § 6; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 9/SB 148.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Attorney fees. - O.C.G.A. § 10-1-835 adopts the private remedies available under the Fair Business Practices Act, O.C.G.A. § 10-1-390 et seq., which includes awards of reasonable attorney fees and litigation expenses under O.C.G.A. § 10-1-399(d). Galardi v. Steele-Inman, No. A02A0861, No. A02A0860, 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 1527 (Ga. Ct. App. Nov. 27, 2002), vacated, 259 Ga. App. 249, 576 S.E.2d 555, 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 1608 (2002). After the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the beauty pageant contestant,

finding that the pageant promoters violated the statutory requirements regarding the providing of certain information to contestants, the posting of a bond, and the maintaining of an escrow account, in violation of O.C.G.A. §§ 10-1-831, 10-1-832, and 10-1-837, the trial court’s award of attorney fees and litigation expenses to the contestant pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§ 10-1-399 and 10-1-835 was proper. Galardi v. Steele-Inman, 266 Ga. App. 515, 597 S.E.2d 571, 2004 Ga. App. LEXIS 420 (2004), cert. denied, No. S04C1331, 2004 Ga. LEXIS 757 (Ga. Sept. 7, 2004).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2004–2004 · leading case: Galardi v. Steele-Inman, 597 S.E.2d 571 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004).

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Galardi v. Steele-Inman, 597 S.E.2d 571 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “…v. Eichelkraut, 246 Ga. App. 275, 279 (2) ( 539 SE2d 588 ) (2000). 28 OCGA §§ 10-1-831; 10-1-832; 10-1-837. 29 See OCGA §§ 10-1-835; 10-1-399.”

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