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2018 Georgia Code 44-14-476 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 14. Mortgages, Conveyances to Secure Debt, and Liens, 44-14-1 through 44-14-613.

ARTICLE 8 LIENS

44-14-476. No independent right of action.

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.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 105, § 8; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1141, § 6; Ga. L. 2004, p. 394, § 6.)

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.

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