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O.C.G.A. § 45-9-88: Indemnification not to be awarded when penal violation, suicide, intentionally self-inflicted injuries, natural causes, or performance of certain routine duties caused or contributed to death or disability.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 45 Public Officers and Employees
- CHAPTER 9 Insuring and Indemnification of Public Officers and Employees
- Article 5 Law Enforcement Officers, Firemen, Prison Guards, and Publicly Employed Emergency Medical Technicians
- PART 1 Georgia State Indemnification Fund
(a) No indemnification shall be awarded to any person otherwise entitled thereto who violates a penal law of this state which violation caused or contributed to the death or disability of the officer.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no payment shall be authorized if death, organic brain damage, total permanent disability, or partial permanent disability occurs from suicide, intentionally self-inflicted injuries, natural causes, or the performance of routine duties which would not be considered strenuous or dangerous by a reasonable person, except as provided for in subsection (b) of Code Section 45-9-85.
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