{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-2","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-12-2","heading":"General and special damages distinguished; when recovered.","body":"(a) General damages are those which the law presumes to flow from any tortious act; they may be recovered without proof of any amount.\n(b) Special damages are those which actually flow from a tortious act; they must be proved in order to be recovered.","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":"ce6f74d5453a070e7b36188ac262d0a70f55ffe613c7c5f5e02e9c158ed2a93e","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-1","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}