2022 Georgia Code
Title 13 - Contracts
Chapter 6 - Damages and Costs Generally
§ 13-6-8. Damages and Expenses Recoverable — Remote or Consequential Damages

Universal Citation: GA Code § 13-6-8 (2022)

Remote or consequential damages are not recoverable unless they can be traced solely to the breach of the contract or unless they are capable of exact computation, such as the profits which are the immediate fruit of the contract, and are independent of any collateral enterprise entered into in contemplation of the contract.

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2885; Code 1868, § 2893; Code 1873, § 2944; Code 1882, § 2944; Civil Code 1895, § 3798; Civil Code 1910, § 4394; Code 1933, § 20-1406.

Law reviews.

For article discussing recovery of anticipatory damages in breach of contract actions, see 11 Ga. B.J. 18 (1948).

For article, “The New Documentary Concerns Associated With Intelligent Buildings,” see 22 Ga. St. B.J. 16 (1985).

For comment, “Recovering Lost Profits for an Unestablished Business Under Georgia Law: The New Business Rule Bows to MECCA,” see 39 Mercer L. Rev. 977 (1988).

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