Sanders v. Griffin

Evans, Judge.

Lamar Griffin was the owner of a family pleasure boat operated on the waters of Lake Sinclair in Putnam County, Georgia. The boat was being operated on July 16, 1967, by Griffin’s married daughter, Becky Griffin McMichael, with his 10-year-old son, among others, as a passenger. Mr. Griffin was not in the boat at the moment, but was visiting on shore. The boat was being used for water skiing. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Lee Sanders were skiing behind the boat when Mrs. Sanders (Roslyn McMichael) fell off the skis into the water. Griffin’s daughter turned the boat around and ran over her…