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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-7-22. Contracts exempting employer from liability are null and void.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-7-22. Contracts exempting employer from liability are null and void.

All contracts between employer and employee made in consideration of employment, whereby the employer is exempted from liability to the employee arising from the negligence of the employer or his employees, as such liability is fixed by law, shall be null and void, as against public policy.

## History

Ga. L. 1895, p. 97, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2613; Civil Code 1910, § 3132; Code 1933, § 66-302.

## Cross References

Contracts which contravene public policy generally, § 13-8-2.