Georgia Code, Title 51, Chapter 12, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 51-12-1 - Types of Damages; Evidence Admissible in Actions Involving Special Damages
  (a) Damages may be either general or special, direct or consequential.(b) In any civil action, whether in tort or in contract, for the recovery...
• § 51-12-2 - General and Special Damages Distinguished; When Recovered
  (a) General damages are those which the law presumes to flow from any tortious act; they may be recovered without proof of any amount.(b)...
• § 51-12-3 - Direct and Consequential Damages Distinguished
  (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...
• § 51-12-4 - Damages Given As Compensation for Injury; Measure of Damages Generally; Nominal Damages
  Damages are given as compensation for injury; generally, such compensation is the measure of damages where an injury is of a character capable of...
• § 51-12-5 - Additional Damages for Aggravating Circumstances
  (a) In a tort action in which there are aggravating circumstances, in either the act or the intention, the jury may give additional damages...
• § 51-12-5.1 - Punitive Damages
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "punitive damages" is synonymous with the terms "vindictive damages," "exemplary damages," and other descriptions of...
• § 51-12-6 - Damages for Injury to Peace, Happiness, or Feelings
  In a tort action in which the entire injury is to the peace, happiness, or feelings of the plaintiff, no measure of damages can...
• § 51-12-7 - Recovery of Necessary Expenses
  In all cases, necessary expenses consequent upon an injury are a legitimate item in the estimate of damages.
• § 51-12-8 - When Damage Too Remote for Recovery Generally
  If the damage incurred by the plaintiff is only the imaginary or possible result of a tortious act or if other and contingent circumstances...
• § 51-12-9 - How Remoteness Ascertained
  Damages which are the legal and natural result of the act done, though contingent to some extent, are not too remote to be recovered....
• § 51-12-10 - Exception to Rule Against Recovery of Remote Damages
  When a tort is committed, a contract is broken, or a duty is omitted with knowledge and for the purpose of depriving the plaintiff...
• § 51-12-11 - Mitigation of Damages Required; Exception
  When a person is injured by the negligence of another, he must mitigate his damages as far as is practicable by the use of...
• § 51-12-12 - Court Interference With Jury Verdict As to Damages
  (a) The question of damages is ordinarily one for the jury; and the court should not interfere with the jury's verdict unless the damages...
• § 51-12-13 - Reduction of Expenses, Wages, and Other Damages to Present Value
  (a) In determining the present value of future medical expenses, living expenses, lost wages, or other economic damages, the trier of fact may reduce...
• § 51-12-14 - Procedure for Demand of Unliquidated Damages in Tort Actions; When Interest May Be Recovered
  (a) Where a claimant has given written notice by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery to a person against whom claim is...

Last modified: October 14, 2016