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# O.C.G.A. § 24-14-9. Inferences from evidence or lack thereof.

In arriving at a verdict, the jury, from facts proved, and sometimes from the absence of counter evidence, may infer the existence of other facts reasonably and logically consequent on those proved.

## History

Code 1981, § 24-14-9, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

## Law Reviews

For article, “The Doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur in Georgia,” see 9 Ga. B.J. 31 (1946).

For note, “Res Ipsa Loquitur and its Application in Georgia,” see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 427 (1963).

## History of Section.

Former Code Section 24-4-9, which contained comparable provisions to this Code section, as effective January 1, 2013, was derived from the decisions in Beall v. State, 68 Ga. 820 (1882); Castleberry v. City of Atlanta, 74 Ga. 164 (1885); Brown v. Matthews, 79 Ga. 1, 4 S.E. 13 (1887); and White v. Hammond, 79 Ga. 182, 4 S.E. 102 (1887).