Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 9. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION · Article 9. SUBSEQUENT INJURY TRUST FUND

34-9-367. Liability of fund for interest or attorney’s fees.

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The Subsequent Injury Trust Fund shall not be liable for any interest on sums due claiming parties nor shall it be liable for attorney’s fees due attorneys of the claiming parties except where it is proven by a preponderance of evidence that the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund has failed or refused to accept a valid claim for reimbursement as provided for under this chapter in whole or in part without reasonable grounds; in such a circumstance, the party seeking reimbursement may be entitled to attorney’s fees as provided under subsection (b) of Code Section 34-9-108.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 114-915, enacted by Ga. L. 1977, p. 608, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 34; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1291, § 15.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, ‘‘attorney’s’’ was substituted for ‘‘attorneys’’’.

Law reviews

For annual survey of law of worker’s compensation, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 479 (2004). For review of 1996 workers’ compensation legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 233 (1996).

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Text read from t34-(v26)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V26, 2017 edition, page 947; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8ee6134ad6cf.