51-1-8. Right of action arising from breach of private duty.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Private duties may arise from statute or from relations created by contract, express or implied. The violation of a private duty, accompanied by damage, shall give a right of action.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2897; Code 1868, § 2903; Code 1873, § 2954; Code 1882, § 2954; Civil Code 1895, § 3810; Civil Code 1910, § 4406; Code 1933, § 105-104.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Statutes of Limitation: Counterproductive Complexities,’’ see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1985). For article, ‘‘Labor and Employment Law,’’ see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 349 (2001). For note discussing landlord liability for crime in apartments, see 5 Ga. L. Rev. 349 (1971). For note discussing tavern keeper liability in Georgia for injury caused by a person to whom an intoxicant was sold, see 9 Ga. L. Rev. 239 (1974). For comment on Parker v. Vaughn, 124 Ga. App. 300, 183 S.E.2d 605 (1971), see 8 Ga. St. B. J. 244 (1971).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, page 64; merge action: annotated; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.