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2018 Georgia Code 31-1-5 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 31-1-5 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 31-1-5

TITLE 31 HEALTH

Section 1. General Provisions; Access to Eye Care, 31-1-1 through 31-1-23.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

31-1-5. Compensation of employees for damage to wearing apparel caused by patients.

  1. As used in this Code section, the term "wearing apparel" includes eyeglasses, hearing aids, clothing, and similar items worn on the person of the employee.
  2. When action by a patient in one of the institutions operated by the department results in damage to an item of wearing apparel of an employee of the institution, the department shall compensate the employee for the loss in the amount of either the repair cost or the replacement value or the cost of the item of wearing apparel, whichever is less. Such losses shall be compensated only in accordance with procedures to be established by the department, and no compensation shall be made by the department in excess of $500.00 per claim.

(Code 1933, § 88-2411, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 854, § 1.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 287.

C.J.S.

- 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 279 et seq.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 31-1-5 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 1

Printis v. Bankers Life Insurance

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2003-06-30

Citation: 583 S.E.2d 22, 276 Ga. 697, 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 2011, 2003 Ga. LEXIS 613

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