{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-9-23","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 34-9-23","heading":"Liberal construction of chapter; purpose.","body":"This chapter shall be liberally construed only for the purpose of bringing employers and employees within the provisions of this chapter and to provide protection for both. This chapter is intended to provide a complete and exclusive system and procedure for the resolution of disputes between employers and employees who are subject to this chapter concerning accidents and injuries arising out of and in the course of employment as defined by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed and applied impartially to both employers and employees.","path":["TITLE 34 Labor and Industrial Relations","CHAPTER 9 Workers’ Compensation","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.34.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"173d7fafbc649f5033ea381ef00f6c04395bec6d4058e97e717a97552edfbdbb","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-9-22","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-9-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}