2021 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 7 - False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation


Cross references.

- Personal liability of municipal officers for special damages resulting from official acts performed in oppressive or malicious manner, ยง 36-33-4.

Law reviews.

- For annual survey of trial practice and procedure law, see 41 Mercer L. Rev. 391 (1989). For survey of 1995 Eleventh Circuit cases on trial practice and procedure, see 47 Mercer L. Rev. 907 (1996).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Malicious Prosecution, 7 POF2d 181.

Abuse of Process - Debt Collection, 7 POF2d 413.

Malicious Prosecution - Good Faith Reliance on Advice of Counsel in Bringing Suit, 26 POF2d 275.

Wrongful Attachment, 36 POF2d 149.

Compensatory Damages for False Imprisonment, 13 POF3d 111.

Civil Consequences of Criminal Conduct, 51 Am. Jur. Trials 337.

ALR.

- Liability of better business bureau or similar organization in tort, 50 A.L.R.4th 745.

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