Georgia Code
Article 7 - Compensation Schedules
§ 34-9-265. Compensation for Death Resulting From Injury and Other Causes; Penalty for Death From Injury Proximately Caused by Intentional Act of Employer; Payment of Death Benefits Where No Dependents Found

History. Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 38; Ga. L. 1922, p. 190, § 4; Ga. L. 1923, p. 92, § 4; Code 1933, § 114-413; Ga. L. 1939, p. 234, § 1; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1357, § 3; Ga. L. 1955, p. 210, § 4; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 9; Ga. L. 1968, p. 3, § 3; Ga. L. 1973, p. 232, § 6; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1143, § 9; Ga. L. 1975, p. 190, § 6; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 34; Ga. L. 1983, p. 700, § 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 727, § 11; Ga. L. 1988, p. 660, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 23; Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 11; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1291, § 13; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1508, § 8; Ga. L. 1999, p. 817, § 9; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1321, § 7; Ga. L. 2004, p. 631, § 34; Ga. L. 2006, p. 676, § 4/HB 1240; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1079, § 5/HB 412; Ga. L. 2016, p. 287, § 5/HB 818; Ga. L. 2019, p. 798, § 6/SB 135; Ga. L. 2022, p. 350, § 3/HB 1409.
The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, substituted “$220,000.00” for “$150,000.00” at the end of subsection (d).
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted “$230,000.00” for “$220,000.00” at the end of subsection (d).
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “$270,000.00” for “$230,000.00” at the end of subsection (d).
The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “$290,000.00” for “$270,000.00” in subsection (d).
Cross references.
Persons presumed dependent, § 34-9-13 .
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1995, p. 642, § 13, not codified by the General Assembly, provides for severability.
Law reviews.
For article, “Actions for Wrongful Death in Georgia,” see 9 Ga. B. J. 368 (1947).
For comment criticizing Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Braswell, 85 Ga. App. 487 , 69 S.E.2d 385 (1952), see 4 Mercer L. Rev. 215 (1952).
For comment on Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. Marks, 88 Ga. App. 167 , 76 S.E.2d 507 (1953), see 16 Ga. B. J. 215 (1953).
For article surveying developments in Georgia workers’ compensation law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1981).
For note on the 1992 amendment of this Code section, see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 285 (1992).
For note on the 1995 amendment of this Code section, see 12 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 280 (1995).
For review of 1998 legislation relating to labor and industrial relations, see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 185 (1998).
For annual survey of workers’ compensation law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 419 (2005).
For annual survey on workers’ compensation, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 311 (2013).

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