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title: "Mass Tort Litigation"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/civil-law-en/mass-tort-litigation-en"
field: "Civil Law"
description: "Mass tort litigation in Georgia: solidarity of liability, individualised damages and the three-year limitation period. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Mass Tort Litigation

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/civil-law-en/mass-tort-litigation-en

## Mass Tort Litigation in Georgian Law

When a single event injures many people, international practice answers this with institutions of collective litigation. Clarity is needed here: Georgian law has no class action, that is, no mechanism for representing an unknown multitude of victims through one suit. The procedural regulation of group claims remains a separate matter decided by other legislation. What the Civil Code does give in this field is a single consolidating instrument, solidarity of liability: in a multi-victim scenario each victim builds an individual claim, but the allocation of liability among the debtors follows the rule of solidarity. It is precisely the deliberate use of this construction that distinguishes a strong mass strategy from a scattering of separate suits.

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### Does a class action exist in Georgia?

No. Georgian law has no mechanism for representing an unknown multitude of victims through one suit. Each victim brings a separate claim, while liability on the debtors' side is solidary where several persons participated in the occurrence of the damage.

### Who may be answerable for damage?

Not only the person who directly caused it, but also the person who instigated or facilitated it, as well as the person who consciously profited from damage inflicted on another.

### How is damage assessed with many victims?

The victim's interest in due performance and the time and place of performance are taken into account. Non-pecuniary compensation is claimable for bodily injury or damage to health, in the form of reasonable and fair compensation.

### What is the limitation period for a claim?

Three years from the moment the victim learned of the damage or of the person obliged to compensate it.