{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-12-3","heading":"Direct and consequential damages distinguished.","body":"(a) Direct damages are those which follow immediately upon the doing of a tortious act.\n(b) Consequential damages are those which are the necessary and connected effect of a tortious act, even though they are to some extent dependent upon other circumstances.","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":"9b69803a9ea3602d892b600d0b9438419315f673d677479da81ae0b4932602ee","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}