2019 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 12 - Damages
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 51-12-3. Direct and consequential damages distinguished

Universal Citation: GA Code § 51-12-3 (2019)
  • (a) Direct damages are those which follow immediately upon the doing of a tortious act.

  • (b) Consequential damages are those which are the necessary and connected effect of a tortious act, even though they are to some extent dependent upon other circumstances.

History:

Orig. Code 1863, § 3003; Code 1868, § 3016; Code 1873, § 3071; Code 1882, § 3071; Civil Code 1895, § 3911; Civil Code 1910, § 4508; Code 1933, § 105-2007.

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