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# O.C.G.A. § 8-2-117. Civil cause of action; damages, costs, and attorney’s fees.

Notwithstanding any other remedy at law, a person who suffers an injury to his person or property or to his person and property as a result of a violation of this part or rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto shall have a cause of action against the manufacturer, installer, or dealer, or any combination thereof, of the industrialized building causing such injury. Any award may include damages and the cost of litigation, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

## History

Ga. L. 1971, p. 364, § 8; Code 1981, § 8-2-117; Ga. L. 1982, p. 1637, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1158, § 3.