2006 Georgia Code - 51-14-6

51-14-6. (a) All asbestos claims and silica claims filed in this state on or after April 12, 2005, shall include a sworn information form containing the following information: (1) The exposed persońs name, address, date of birth, social security number, and marital status; (2) If the exposed person alleges exposure to asbestos or silica through the testimony of another person or other than by direct or bystander exposure to a product or products, the name, address, date of birth, social security number, and marital status for each person by which claimant alleges exposure, hereafter the 'index person,' and the claimant́s relationship to each person; (3) The specific location of each alleged exposure; (4) The specific asbestos-containing product or silica-containing product to which the exposed person was exposed and the manufacturer of each product; (5) The beginning and ending dates of each alleged exposure as to each asbestos-containing product or silica-containing product for each location at which exposure allegedly took place for plaintiff and for each index person; (6) The occupation and name of employer of the exposed person at the time of each alleged exposure; (7) The specific condition related to asbestos or silica claimed to exist; and (8) Any supporting documentation of the condition claimed to exist. (b) All asbestos claims and silica claims along with sworn information forms must be individually filed in separate civil actions except that claims relating to the exposure to asbestos or silica for the same exposed person whose alleged injury is the basis for the civil action may be joined in a single action. Otherwise, no claims on behalf of a group or class of persons shall be joined in single civil action.

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