Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

51-11-6. Infancy.

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Infancy is no defense to a tort action so long as the defendant has reached the age of discretion and accountability prescribed by Code Section 16-3-1 for criminal offenses.

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, § 2996; Code 1868, § 3009; Code 1873, § 3064; Code 1882, § 3064; Civil Code 1895, § 3904; Civil Code 1910, § 4501; Code 1933, § 105-1806.

Law reviews

For article surveying torts law, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 271 (1982). For article, ‘‘Defending the Lawsuit: A First-Round Checklist,’’ see 22 Ga. St. B. J. 24 (1985). For comment criticizing Hatch v. O’Neill, 231 Ga. 446, 202 S.E.2d 44 (1973), holding individual under age of criminal responsibility not civilly liable for willful torts, see 26 Mercer L. Rev. 367 (1974).

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