Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 9. ARBITRATION · Article 2. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

9-9-83. Civil and criminal immunity of arbitrators.

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An arbitrator shall not be civilly or criminally liable for libel, slander, or defamation of any of the parties to the arbitration for any statement or action taken within the official capacity of the arbitrator during the arbitration.

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, § 7-424, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2270, § 2; Code 1981, § 9-9-133; Code 1981, § 9-9-83, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1988, p. 903, § 3.

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