{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-13","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-12-13","heading":"Reduction of expenses, wages, and other damages to present value.","body":"(a) In determining the present value of future medical expenses, living expenses, lost wages, or other economic damages, the trier of fact may reduce the same to the present value based on a discount rate of 5 percent or any other discount rate as the trier of fact may deem appropriate.\n(b) This Code section shall not be construed to provide for the introduction of evidence showing the cost of any specific private investment product, including, but not limited to, an annuity.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 12 Damages","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":"86b96dbf4503f533e164c8b903cc41ca3569670fb053630f2c8b319910005b7b","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-12","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}