Toxic Tort Claims — the Real Legal Route
In cases of toxic damage — harm to health or property caused by poisonous or noxious substances — Georgian law has no special "toxic tort" statute and no group-claim regime: this must be said plainly at the outset. Questions of written environmental permitting remain in other legislation; the Civil Code gives the injured party an ordinary tort claim. It stands on two norms: Article 992 — a person who causes damage to another by an unlawful, intentional or negligent act is obliged to compensate it; and Article 1000 — liability for damage caused by the increased hazard emanating from a structure. It is this second norm that is the central instrument in toxic-damage cases.