51-2-4. Liability for torts of independent employee.

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.

An employer generally is not responsible for torts committed by his employee when the employee exercises an independent business and in it is not subject to the immediate direction and control of the employer.

Las notas siguientes se imprimen con la sección, pero no son ley promulgada (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). Se muestran aparte del texto.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2905; Code 1868, § 2911; Code 1873, § 2962; Code 1882, § 2962; Civil Code 1895, § 3818; Civil Code 1910, § 4414; Code 1933, § 105-501.

Cross references

Liability of employers for injuries to employees generally, § 34-7-20 et seq.

Law reviews

For article surveying torts law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 271 (1982). For note discussing the doctrine of respondeat superior, see 2 Ga. St. B. J. 478 (1966). For comment on Nichols v. G.L. High Motor Co., 65 Ga. App. 397, 15 S.E.2d 805 (1941), and Andrews v. Norvell, 65 Ga. App. 241, 15 S.E.2d 808 (1941), see 4 Ga. B. J. 46 (1941). For comment on Ellenberg v. Pinkerton’s, Inc., 125 Ga. App. 648, 188 S.E.2d 911 (1972), holding employer defendant may not use independent contractor defense to invasion of privacy suit resulting from actions of investigator working in his behalf, see 9 Ga. St. B. J. 519 (1973).

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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Texto leído de t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volumen V39, edición 2017, páginas 287 a 288; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo bc30a40687b2.