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.
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 medical care provider, or clinic for the purpose of giving consideration to a workers’ compensation claim or to market workers’ compensation insurance coverage shall contain a notice, which shall be in boldface Roman font 36 point type and appear in a dark background and remain on the screen for a minimum of five seconds as follows: NOTICE Willfully making a false or misleading statement or representation to obtain or deny workers’ compensation benefits is a crime carrying a penalty of imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $10,000.00.
History
(Code 1981, § 34-9-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 6.)
Annotations
Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, the subsection designation ‘‘(a)’’ was deleted from
the beginning, as there is no subsection (b).
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).
“O.C.G.A. § 34-9-31. 2 . The purpose of the Act is expressed this way: 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…”
Tillman v. Miller, 917 F. Supp. 799 (N.D. Ga. 1995).
· cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. § 34-9-31. Failure to include this notice in any television advertisement can result in a fine for each violation.”
Tillman v. Miller, 133 F.3d 1402 (11th Cir. 1998).
“2 The purpose of the Act is expressed this way: 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’…”
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