Occupational Disease Claims in Georgian Law
If you have developed an occupational disease as a result of your work, it is important to know from the outset: the Civil Code of Georgia does not provide a separate, special claim scheme for occupational diseases. Compensation for damage caused by such diseases follows the ordinary tort rules: a person who causes damage to another person by an unlawful intentional or negligent act is obliged to compensate that damage. The special rules on occupational safety are defined in separate legislation and do not replace the civil claim — they complement it.
This determines the architecture of the claim: the dispute is built on fault, causation and the establishment of damage, not on automatic liability for the fact of employment. In practical terms it means the claimant must establish who caused the disease by which act, and what damage ensued. It is precisely the evidentiary support of these elements that determines the viability of the claim.