{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-11-5","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-11-5","heading":"Former recovery and pendency of another action.","body":"Former recovery and the pendency of another action are good defenses in tort actions and are subject to the same rules as when applied to contracts.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 11 Defenses to Tort Actions","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"46ab963d0ba0521c2a0b576c61222d2668c63b143321d75b50d5750b8be31164","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-11-4","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-11-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}