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Georgia Mass Tort Survey

    

 

   

Mass Tort
Georgia
Survey Results



Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

None known.

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Definition of "mass tort"

None known.

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Procedural rules

Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 9-11-23. Class actions.


Uniform Superior Court Rules, R. 8.1. Scheduling trials.


Uniform Superior Court Rules, R. 9. Telephone and video-conferencing.


Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules.

See also interlocutory appeal.

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Statutes

None known.

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Case law

None known.

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Administrative orders

None known.

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Interlocutory appeal

Georgia Supreme Court Rule 30. Interlocutory Appeals-Requirements.


Georgia Supreme Court Rule 31. Interlocutory Appeals-Standards for Granting.


Georgia Supreme Court Rule 32. Interlocutory Appeals-Transfers.


Georgia Court of Appeals Rule 30. Interlocutory Applications.


Granted interlocutory applications
are available on the state supreme court website.

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Infrastructure: special dockets

None known.

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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

Supreme Court Committee on Technology.

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Case management

Any contested civil case may be referred to mediation, non-binding arbitration, case evaluation, early neutral evaluation, or the multi-door program by the judge to whom the case is assigned. Any party may petition the court to have the case removed from an ADR process to which it has been referred, or to have the court refer the case to an ADR process other than the one to which it has been referred.

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Technology

Supreme Court Committee on Technology.


The Georgia Court Electronic Filing and Data Exchange Project Information Site contains an FAQ; news and status updates; glossary; project documentation; and more. According to the site, the following courts currently allow e-filing: state supreme court; Bibb County Superior Court; Washington County Superior Court; and Walker County Superior Court. Status reports are available for each court.


Chatham County courts
also have e-filing (the e-filing link takes users to an external vendor)
.


The AOC's Information Technology page area includes a strategic plan, guide to automated services (TIPS, e-filing, etc.), and support services for court employees.


See also the Georgia Court Electronic Filing and Data Exchange project information site, although the project appears to focus on child support, and is a joint effort between the department of human resources, OSCE, and AOC.

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Last Modified: 8/28/2006 5:45:36 PM

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