GA 16-15-2 - GA 16-15-2

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Tort action for damages from injuries received from gang activity. - Trial court did not err denying the property owners' motion to dismiss a tenant's claims seeking damages for injuries the tenant received in a shooting at the tenant's apartment complex because the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, O.C.G.A. § 16-15-1 et seq., provided a cause of action for treble damages to persons injured by reason of criminal gang activity and the tenant made sufficient allegations in the complaint that the tenant received a violent injury from the type of conduct the Act contemplated. Star Residential, LLC v. Hernandez, 354 Ga. App. 629 , 841 S.E.2d 392 (2020). <h3...