2020 Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 9 - Workers' Compensation
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 34-9-19. Penalty for False or Misleading Statements When Obtaining or Denying Benefits
Any person, firm, or corporation who willfully makes any false or misleading statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining or denying any benefit or payment under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $10,000.00 or by imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Additionally, any person, firm, or corporation who violates this Code section may also be assessed the cost of investigation or prosecution, or both, in accordance with Chapter 11 of Title 17, relating to the assessment and payment of costs of criminal proceedings. All penalties and costs assessed under this Code section shall be tendered and made payable to the State Board of Workers' Compensation. All such penalties shall be deposited in the general fund of the state treasury.
(Code 1933, § 114-9905, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 232, § 10; Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 4; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1291, § 6.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 13, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Cited in Fox v. Stanish, 150 Ga. App. 537, 258 S.E.2d 190 (1979); Samuel v. Baitcher, 154 Ga. App. 602, 269 S.E.2d 96 (1980); O'Neal v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 169 Ga. App. 483, 313 S.E.2d 501 (1984).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 101 C.J.S., Workers' Compensation, § 1711 et seq.
ALR.
- Relief from settlement or compromise of claim under Workmen's Compensation Act upon ground of fraud or mistake respecting amount of compensation to which employee was entitled, 121 A.L.R. 1270.
