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2018 Georgia Code 34-9-291 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 34-9-291 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 34-9-291

TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Section 9. Workers' Compensation, 34-9-1 through 34-9-432.

ARTICLE 8 COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

34-9-291. Effect of false representations by employee regarding previous disability from or compensation for occupational disease.

No compensation shall be payable for an occupational disease if the employee, in the course of or in the course of entering into the employment of the employer by whom the compensation would otherwise be payable, falsely represented himself in writing to such employer as not having previously been disabled, laid off, or compensated in damages or otherwise because of such disease.

(Code 1933, § 114-804, enacted by Ga. L. 1946, p. 103.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

This section related only to effect of false preemployment statements concerning previous occupational disease. GMC v. Hargis, 114 Ga. App. 143, 150 S.E.2d 303 (1966).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, §§ 46, 578.

C.J.S.

- 100A C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 1083 et seq.

ALR.

- Eligibility for workers' compensation as affected by claimant's misrepresentation of health or physical condition at the time of hearing, 12 A.L.R.5th 658.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 34-9-291 From Courtlistener.com

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Georgia Electric Co. v. Rycroft

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1989-04-06

Citation: 378 S.E.2d 111, 259 Ga. 155, 1989 Ga. LEXIS 145

Snippet: payment, to a misdemeanor prosecution. OCGA § 34-9-291 provides: No compensation shall be payable for