Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 9. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION · Article 3. PROCEDURE · Part 1. CLAIMS AND NOTICE OF ACCIDENT

34-9-85. Claim by guardian or trustee of mental incompetent or minor.

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If an injured employee is mentally incompetent or is under 18 years of age at the time any right or privilege accrues to him under this chapter, his guardian or trustee may claim and exercise such right or privilege in his behalf.

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

Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 47; Code 1933, § 114-307.

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For annual survey of law of workers’ compensation, see 56 Mercer L. Rev. 479 (2004).

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