Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 11. DEFENSES TO TORT ACTIONS · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

51-11-5. Former recovery and pendency of another action.

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

Former recovery and the pendency of another action are good defenses in tort actions and are subject to the same rules as when applied to contracts.

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, § 2995; Code 1868, § 3008; Code 1873, § 3063; Code 1882, § 3063; Civil Code 1895, § 3903; Civil Code 1910, § 4500; Code 1933, § 105-1805.

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