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2018 Georgia Code 40-9-41 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 40-9-41 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 40-9-41

TITLE 40 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

Section 9. Reporting Accidents; Giving Proof of Financial Responsibility, 40-9-1 through 40-9-103.

ARTICLE 2 REPORTING ACCIDENTS; GIVING SECURITY FOR DAMAGES

40-9-41. Matters not to be evidence in civil actions for damages.

Neither any accident report filed with the Department of Transportation, the action taken by the Department of Driver Services pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of the department upon which such action is based, nor the security filed as provided in this chapter shall be referred to in any way, nor shall they be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party, at the trial of any action at law to recover damages.

(Ga. L. 1951, p. 565, § 11; Code 1933, § 68C-310, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 1014, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40; Ga. L. 2005, p. 334, § 20-3/HB 501.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Diagram prepared by investigating police officer admissible.

- In a negligence action arising out of a motor vehicle collision, a diagram prepared by the investigating police officer as part of the officer's report, but not filed with the department, was properly admitted. Pryor v. Phillips, 222 Ga. App. 116, 473 S.E.2d 535 (1996).

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