{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-8-291","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 46-8-291","heading":"Consent and contributory negligence as defenses; comparative negligence as affecting amount of recovery.","body":"No person shall recover damages from a railroad company for injury to himself or his property where the same is done by his consent or is caused by his own negligence, provided that if the complainant and the agents of the company are both at fault, the former may recover, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of fault attributable to him.","path":["TITLE 46 Public Utilities and Public Transportation","CHAPTER 8 Railroad Companies","Article 10 Liability of Companies for Damages Generally"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.46.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-10-18","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T18:59:52Z","sha256":"8d4267e83d4361cbb81e5056b108a842ebfbaa3809257a0ca2597adb92793ea5","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-8-290","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-8-292","notices":[{"id":"pro-ga","title":"Georgia bulk release","text":"Georgia bulk files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules retains enacted text and strips editorial matter.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ga.ocga.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}