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O.C.G.A. § 44-14-476 (2019)

No independent right of action

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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.
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This part shall not be construed to give any hospital, nursing home, physician practice, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice referred to in this part an independent right of action to determine liability for injuries sustained by a person or firm.

History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 8;

Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 6; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 6.

Annotations

The 2002 amendment, effective July 1, 2002, substituted ", nursing home, or provider of traumatic burn care medical practice" for "or agency" in the middle of this Code section.

The 2004 amendment, effective July 1, 2004, inserted "physician practice," near the middle of this Code section.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Dawson v. Hospital Auth., 98 Ga. App. 792, 106 S.E.2d 807 (1958); Valentine v. Allstate Ins. Co., 140 Ga. App. 411, 231 S.E.2d 799 (1976).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR. - Construction, operation, and effect of statute giving hospital lien against recovery from tortfeasor causing patient's injuries, 16 A.L.R.5th 262.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2015 · leading case: MCG Health, Inc. v. Owners Ins. Co., 692 S.E.2d 72 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010).
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MCG Health, Inc. v. Owners Ins. Co., 692 S.E.2d 72 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “23 See OCGA § 44-14-476 (“This part shall not be construed to give any hospital .”
Kennestone Hosp., Inc. v. Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co., 768 S.E.2d 519 (Ga. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 44-14-471 (a) (1) requires the lienholder to send notice to the person or entity that the injured person or his or her legal representative claims to be liable for the patient’s damages, and the insurer’s stance on its insured’s liability or responsibility to pay those…”
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