Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 34-9-8. Liability of Principal Contractor or Subcontractor for Employee Injuries

History. Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 20; Code 1933, § 114-112; Ga. L. 1969, p. 671, § 1.
Cross references.
Liability of employer for negligence of contractor generally, § 51-2-5.
Law reviews.
For article surveying developments in Georgia workers’ compensation law from mid-1980 through mid-1981, see 33 Mercer L. Rev. 323 (1981).
For annual survey of insurance law, see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 177 (1983).
For article, “New Restrictions on the Statutory Employer Rule: Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Immunity Curtailed,” see 21 Ga. St. B. J. 94 (1985).
For article, “Worker’s Compensation and the Statutory Employer,” see 27 Ga. St. B. J. 24 (1990).
For article, “As to Leased Employment and Workers’ Compensation Liability,” see 28 Ga. L. Rev. 683 (1994).
For article, “Workers’ Compensation,” see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 521 (2001).
For survey article on construction law for the period from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 85 (2003).
For annual survey of workers’ compensation law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 419 (2005).
For survey article on workers’ compensation law, see 60 Mercer L. Rev. 433 (2008).
For annual survey on workers’ compensation, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 399 (2009).
For annual survey on local government law, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 205 (2017).
For annual survey on workers’ compensation, see 65 Mercer L. Rev. 311 (2013).
For note, “Workmen’s Compensation: Who Is the Employer?,” see 2 Mercer L. Rev. 390 (1951).
For comment on Churchwell Bros. Constr. Co. v. Archie R. Briggs Constr. Co., 89 Ga. App. 550 , 80 S.E.2d 212 (1954), see 16 Ga. B. J. 465 (1954).

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