Smith v. Chemtura Corp.

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• concluding that no civil liability exists for a claim of false imprisonment under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-41
• concluding that plaintiffs failed to plead a pattern of two or more predicate acts where their allegations of kidnapping and false imprisonment both arose out of single transaction, a fire
• holding that penal statutes related to criminal negligence, reckless endangerment, assault, battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping do not provide a basis for a civil action by the alleged victim when nothing in the provisions of those statutes provides a basis for such an action
• holding that penal statutes related to criminal negligence, reckless endangerment, assault, battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping do not provide a basis for a civil action by the alleged victim when nothing in the provisions of those statutes provide a basis for such an action
• clarifying that OCGA § 51-1-11 is Georgia’s strict liability Code section
• finding no RICO violation because the claim was based on a single unlawful transaction

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