O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-9-37 (2019)

Liability of insurer conspiring to fix insurance rates unauthorized by chapter

✓ 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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In the event any insurer shall in collusion with any other insurer conspire to fix, set, or adhere to insurance rates, except as expressly sanctioned by this chapter, the insurer shall be liable to any person damaged thereby for an amount equal to three times the amount of the damage together with the damaged party’s attorney’s fees.

History

Code 1933, § 56-539, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 684, § 1.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Cited in Georgia Ass’n of Indep. Ins. Agents v. Travelers Indem. Co., 313 F. Supp. 841 (N.D. Ga. 1970). RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Validity of statutory provision for attorneys’ fees, 90 A.L.R. 530. What persons or corporations, contracts or policies, are within statutory provisions allowing recovery of attorneys’ fees or penalty against insurance companies or against companies dealing in specified kinds of insurance, 126 A.L.R. 1439. When does statute of limitations begin to run against civil action or criminal

prosecution for conspiracy, 62 A.L.R.2d 1369. What constitutes ‘‘trial,’’ ‘‘final trial,’’ or ‘‘final hearing’’ under statute authorizing allowance of attorneys’ fees as costs on such proceeding, 100 A.L.R.2d 397. Validity of statute allowing attorneys’ fee to successful claimant but not to defendant, or vice-versa, 73 A.L.R.3d 515.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1997–1997 · leading case: El Chico Restaurants, Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 980 F. Supp. 1474 (S.D. Ga. 1997).
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El Chico Restaurants, Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 980 F. Supp. 1474 (S.D. Ga. 1997). · cites it 2× “A § 23-2-52 (misrepresentation as legal fraud), O.C.G.A. § 33-9-37 (conspiracy to fix insurance rates), O.”
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