2020 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 11 - Defenses to Tort Actions
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 51-11-3. Extenuation and Mitigation of Damages
Circumstances not amounting to justification may be pleaded in extenuation and mitigation of damages.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2984; Code 1868, § 2997; Code 1873, § 3052; Code 1882, § 3052; Civil Code 1895, § 3892; Civil Code 1910, § 4489; Code 1933, § 105-1802.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 74 Am. Jur. 2d, Torts, § 49 et seq.
C.J.S.- 25 C.J.S., Damages, § 184 et seq.
ALR.
- Duty to mitigate damages, 81 A.L.R. 282.
Presumption and burden of proof regarding mitigation of damages, 134 A.L.R. 242.
Pleading last clear chance doctrine, 25 A.L.R.2d 254.
Pleading matter in mitigation of damages in tort action other than libel and slander, 75 A.L.R.2d 473.
Nonuse of seat belts as failure to mitigate damages, 80 A.L.R.3d 1025.
Assault: Criminal liability as barring or mitigating recovery of punitive damages, 98 A.L.R.3d 870.
