2021 Georgia Code
Title 52 - Waters of the State, Ports, and Watercraft
Chapter 7 - Registration, Operation, and Sale of Watercraft
- Operation of boats on certain state park lakes, § 12-3-10.
Liability of owner of watercraft for injury or damage caused by operation of watercraft, §§ 51-1-21,51-1-22.
Law reviews.- For article, "Motorboat Collisions and the Family Purpose Doctrine," see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 473 (1966). For note discussing the family purpose car doctrine as an extension of the principle of respondeat superior, see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 112 (1966).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Regulation of seaplanes.
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not have an implied power to authorize a power company to regulate seaplane operation on Lake Sinclair. Georgia Power Co. v. Baker, 591 F. Supp. 1569 (M.D. Ga. 1984), rev'd on other grounds, 830 F.2d 163 (11th Cir. 1987) (power company may regulate seaplanes under state water rights law).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Liability for marine collision as affected by failure to provide or use radar on vessel, 82 A.L.R.2d 764.
Applicability of seaworthiness doctrine to those other than crew members, longshoremen, and stevedores, 84 A.L.R.2d 620.
Liability for injury or death of nonparticipant caused by water skiing, 67 A.L.R.3d 1218.
