O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-21-30 (2019)

Punitive or exemplary damages or interest prior to judgment not allowed

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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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No award for damages under this article shall include punitive or exemplary damages or interest prior to judgment.

History

Code 1981, § 50-21-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1883, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. - Right to prejudgment interest on punitive or multiple damages awards, 9 A.L.R.5th 63.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1998–2014 · leading case: Georgia Dep't of Corr. v. Couch, 759 S.E.2d 804 (Ga. 2014).

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Georgia Dep't of Corr. v. Couch, 759 S.E.2d 804 (Ga. 2014). · cites it 4× “The GTCA expressly abrogated the prejudgment interest holding of Eastern Air Lines, prohibiting awards of such interest in tort actions against the state, see OCGA § 50-21-30 — but the General Assembly did not similarly prohibit awards of attorney fees against the state for…”

Johns v. Ridley, 537 S.E.2d 746 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “DFCS also argues that Jane and Thomas Johns are not entitled to attorney fees because their argument in favor of attorney fees evidences that these fees are sought to punish and deter DFCS, and OCGA § 50-21-30 does not allow punitive or exemplary damages against the state.”

Dep't of Transp. v. Cannady, 497 S.E.2d 72 (Ga. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “OCGA §§ 50-21-30; 50-21-31. Thus, a judgment cannot be entered that exceeds $1,000,000 in damages, the maximum allowable recovery.”

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