{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-81","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-7-81","heading":"Liability for abusive litigation.","body":"Any person who takes an active part in the initiation, continuation, or procurement of civil proceedings against another shall be liable for abusive litigation if such person acts:\n(1) With malice; and\n(2) Without substantial justification.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 7 False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, and Abusive Litigation","Article 5 Abusive Litigation"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.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":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"aff2556e332e09b55c157bb6596c10acebe1d67c118fd2c2625b9454db5ff961","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-80","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-7-82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}