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

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

TITLE 34 LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

34-9-9. Relief from penalty for failure or neglect to perform statutory duty.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any employer or employee from any penalty for failure or neglect to perform any statutory duty.

(Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 13; Code 1933, § 114-104.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Applicability.

- Former Code 1933, § 114-104 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-9) applied solely to penalties and did not limit or qualify former Code 1933, § 114-103 (see now O.C.G.A. § 34-9-11) so as to provide any greater remedy to the employee. Reid v. Lummus Cotton Gin Co., 58 Ga. App. 184, 197 S.E. 904 (1938); Southern Wire & Iron, Inc. v. Fowler, 217 Ga. 727, 124 S.E.2d 738 (1962).

Cited in Hayes v. Consolidated Freightways, 131 Ga. App. 77, 205 S.E.2d 40 (1974).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 82 Am. Jur. 2d, Workers' Compensation, §§ 504, 583, 624, 629, 632.

C.J.S.

- 100 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 701 et seq.

ALR.

- State Workmen's Compensation Act as precluding action based on noncompliance with Federal Safety Appliance Act to recover for death or injury to railroad employee while engaged in intrastate commerce, 98 A.L.R. 511; 104 A.L.R. 839.

What conduct is willful, intentional, or deliberate within Workmen's Compensation Act provision authorizing tort action for such conduct, 96 A.L.R.3d 1064.

Validity, construction, and application of provisions of workers' compensation act for additional compensation because of failure to comply with specific requirement of statute or regulation by public for protection of workers, 31 A.L.R.6th 199.

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