O.C.G.A.
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.
(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the ‘‘Workers’ Compensation Truth in Advertising Act of 1995.’’
(b) The purpose of this article is to assure truthful and adequate disclosure of all material and relevant information in advertising which solicits persons to engage or consult an attorney or a medical care provider for the purpose of asserting a workers’ compensation claim.
History
(Code 1981, § 34-9-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 6.)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Temporary restraining order against enforcement. - Attorney who provided workers’ compensation claim services and used television to advertise the attorney’s services had a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of the attorney’s First Amendment challenge to
the Workers’ Compensation Truth in Advertising Act, O.C.G.A. § 34-9-30 et seq., and met the four-part test for issuance of a restraining order against enforcement thereof. Tillman v. Miller, 917 F. Supp. 799 (N.D. Ga. 1995).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Constitutional challenges to compelled speech - particular situations or circumstances, 73 A.L.R.6th 281.
Constitutional challenges to compelled speech - general principles, 72 A.L.R.6th 513.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases, 1995–1998 · leading case:
Tillman v. Miller, 133 F.3d 1402 (11th Cir. 1998).
Tillman v. Miller, 133 F.3d 1402 (11th Cir. 1998).
· cites it 2× “See O.C.G.A. § 34-9-30 et seq. The Act, which was scheduled to become effective in July 1995, provides: Any television advertisement, with broadcast originating in this state, which solicits persons to file workers' compensation claims' or to engage or consult an attorney, a…”
Tillman v. Miller, 917 F. Supp. 799 (N.D. Ga. 1995).
· cites it 6× “Tillman seeks a temporary restraining order enjoining the State of Georgia from enforcement of the “Workers’ Compensation Truth in Advertising Act of 1995”, codified at O.C.G.A. §§ 34-9-30 et seq. (the “Statute”), on the grounds that the Statute violates the Constitution of the…”
Tillman v. Miller, 133 F.3d 1402 (11th Cir. 1998).
· cites it 2× “1 See O.C.G.A. § 34-9-30 et seq. The Act, which was scheduled to become effective in July 1995, provides: Any television advertisement, with broadcast originating in this state, which solicits persons to file workers’ compensation claims or to engage or consult an attorney, a…”
— 34-9-30(b) — 2 cases
Tillman v. Miller, 133 F.3d 1402 (11th Cir. 1998).
“See O.C.G.A. § 34-9-30 et seq. The Act, which was scheduled to become effective in July 1995, provides: Any television advertisement, with broadcast originating in this state, which solicits persons to file workers' compensation claims' or to engage or consult an attorney, a…”
Tillman v. Miller, 133 F.3d 1402 (11th Cir. 1998).
“1 See O.C.G.A. § 34-9-30 et seq. The Act, which was scheduled to become effective in July 1995, provides: Any television advertisement, with broadcast originating in this state, which solicits persons to file workers’ compensation claims or to engage or consult an attorney, a…”
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