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Title 51. TORTS · Chapter 12. DAMAGES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

51-12-10. Exception to rule against recovery of remote damages.

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  1. When a tort is committed, a contract is broken, or a duty is omitted with knowledge and for the purpose of depriving the plaintiff of certain contemplated benefits, the remote damages occasioned thereby become a proper subject for the consideration of the jury.

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, § 3006; Code 1868, § 3019; Code 1873, § 3074; Code 1882, § 3074; Civil Code 1895, § 3914; Civil Code 1910, § 4511; Code 1933, § 105-2010.

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Text read from t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volume V39, 2017 edition, page 954; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 bc30a40687b2.