The Georgia Department of Transportation has seen its recovery from claims to damaged state property nearly quadruple in the first year it has outsourced the work. Through August, Oklahoma-based Claims Management Resources Inc. recovered nearly $3.7 million in damages in 2,418 claims statewide — nearly $600,000 in 451 claims in District 1, or Northeast Georgia counties including Hall, according to DOT data. That’s compared to DOT efforts the year before that resulted in $1 million statewide and $126,000 in District 1.