{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-4","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-12-4","heading":"Damages given as compensation for injury; measure of damages generally; nominal damages.","body":"Damages are given as compensation for injury; generally, such compensation is the measure of damages where an injury is of a character capable of being estimated in money. If an injury is small or the mitigating circumstances are strong, nominal damages only are given.","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":"552410492287da2ce00c5f701437fb80b78a05cec8120854e049817cfacfe4de","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-3","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-12-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}