O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 9-9-47 (2019)

Effects of failure to state facts supporting claim, failure to put forward statement of defense, or failure to appear at hearing or to produce documentary evidence

✓ 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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Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if, without showing sufficient cause:

(1) The claimant fails to communicate his or her statement of claim in accordance with subsection (a) of Code Section 9-9-45, the arbitration tribunal shall terminate the proceedings;

(2) The respondent fails to communicate his or her statement of defense in accordance with subsection (a) of Code Section 9-9-45, the arbitration tribunal shall continue the proceedings without treating such failure in itself as an admission of the claimant’s allegations; and

(3) Any party fails to appear at a hearing or to produce documentary evidence, the arbitration tribunal may continue the proceedings and make the arbitration award on the evidence before it.

History

Code 1981, § 9-9-47, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 961, § 1/SB 383.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1985–1991 · leading case: Richard Edwin Samples, Sr. v. Ryder Truck Lines, Inc., 755 F.2d 881 (11th Cir. 1985).

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Richard Edwin Samples, Sr. v. Ryder Truck Lines, Inc., 755 F.2d 881 (11th Cir. 1985). “It treats an arbitration award like a judicial determination unless a party challenges the award, O.C.G.A. § 9-9-47(b). The victorious plaintiff has the same enforcement remedies that would be available to a victor in state court, subject to the state’s seven year dormancy…”

United Paperworks Int'l, Local 395, United Paperworkers Int'l, Local 766 v. Itt Rayonier, Inc., 931 F.2d 832 (11th Cir. 1991). “See O.C.G.A. § 9-9-47(b). 12 . O.C.G.A. § 9-12-60.”

Vickers v. Thomas, 351 S.E.2d 518 (Ga. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to OCGA § 9-9-47 (b), the arbitrators’ award was entered on the minutes of the superior court and given the force and effect of a court-rendered judgment or decree.”

— 9-9-47(b) — 2 cases

United Paperworks Int'l, Local 395, United Paperworkers Int'l, Local 766 v. Itt Rayonier, Inc., 931 F.2d 832 (11th Cir. 1991). “See O.C.G.A. § 9-9-47(b). 12 . O.C.G.A. § 9-12-60.”

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