Georgia CommonsTítulo 51. TORTS · Capítulo 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
51-1-6. Recovery of damages upon breach of legal duty.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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When the law requires a person to perform an act for the benefit of another or to refrain from doing an act which may injure another, although no cause of action is given in express terms, the injured party may recover for the breach of such legal duty if he suffers damage thereby.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 2896; Code 1868, § 2902; Code 1873, § 2953; Code 1882, § 2953; Civil Code 1895, § 3809; Civil Code 1910, § 4405; Code 1933, § 105-103.
Cross references
Liability for acts of intoxicated persons, § 51-1-40.
Law reviews
For article, ‘‘Labor and Employment Law,’’ see 53 Mercer L. Rev. 349 (2001). For annual survey on torts, see 64 Mercer L. Rev. 287 (2012). For comment on Buttrum v. Buttrum, 98 Ga. App. 226, 105 S.E.2d 510 (1958), holding that an unemancipated minor child may maintain an action in tort against a parent for personal injuries provided that it is a willful and malicious act so cruel as to constitute forfeiture of parental authority, see 21 Ga. B. J. 559 (1959). For comment on Cox v. DeJarnette, 104 Ga. App. 664, 123 S.E.2d 16 (1961), allowing recovery in tort from the liability insurance policy of a charity, see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 463 (1963). For comment on Williams v. Hospital Auth., 119 Ga. App. 626, 168 S.E.2d 336 (1969), see 6 Ga. St. B. J. 209 (1969). For comment on Parker v. Vaughan, 124 Ga. App. 300, 183 S.E.2d 605 (1971), see 8 Ga. St. B. J. 244 (1971).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
Texto leído de t51-(v39)-2017-pdf.pdf, Volumen V39, edición 2017, página 45; acción de fusión: annotated; SHA-256 del archivo bc30a40687b2.