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2018 Georgia Code 38-3-147 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 38-3-147 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 38-3-147

TITLE 38 MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 3. Emergency Management, 38-3-1 through 38-3-191.

ARTICLE 9 GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY NOMENCLATURE ACT

38-3-147. Private cause of action; recovery of treble damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees.

Any person who has given money or any other item of value to another person due in part to such person's use of agency nomenclature or symbols in violation of this article may maintain a suit for damages against the violator. Where it is proven that the violation was willful, the victim shall be entitled to recover treble damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees.

(Code 1981, §38-3-147, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 543, § 1/HB 1201.)

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 38-3-147

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Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. v. Nestlehutt, 691 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 2010).

Cited 59 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Mar 22, 2010 | 286 Ga. 731, 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 874

...Feltner, supra, 523 U.S. at 355(III), 118 S.Ct. 1279. [6] See, e.g., OCGA §§ 10-1-399(c) (treble damages for intentional violations of Fair Business Practices Act); 20-3-514(c) (treble damages for breach of educational loan or scholarship contract); 38-3-147 (treble damages for misappropriation for gain of Georgia Emergency Management Agency symbols or nomenclature); 44-5-48(c) (treble damages for failure to disclose that property being sold was previously site of commercial landfill)....
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First Nat'l Bank of Cornelia v. Kelly, 10 S.E.2d 66 (Ga. 1940).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 11, 1940 | 190 Ga. 603

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Cutis v. Geiger, 176 Ga. 864 (Ga. 1933).

Cited 9 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Apr 14, 1933 | 169 S.E. 127