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2018 Georgia Code 51-3-26 | Car Wreck Lawyer

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O.C.G.A. 51-3-26 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 51-3-26

TITLE 51 TORTS

Section 3. Liability of Owners and Occupiers of Land, 51-3-1 through 51-3-44.

ARTICLE 2 OWNERS OF PROPERTY USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES

51-3-26. Construction of article.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to:

  1. Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury to persons or property; or
  2. Relieve any person using the land of another for recreational purposes from any obligation which he may have in the absence of this article to exercise care in his use of the land and in his activities thereon or from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care.

(Ga. L. 1965, p. 476, § 7.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Stone Mt. Mem. Ass'n v. Herrington, 225 Ga. 746, 171 S.E.2d 521 (1969); Georgia Power Co. v. McGruder, 229 Ga. 811, 194 S.E.2d 440 (1972); Erickson v. Century Mgt. Co., 154 Ga. App. 508, 268 S.E.2d 779 (1980); North v. Toco Hills, Inc., 160 Ga. App. 116, 286 S.E.2d 346 (1981).

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 51-3-26

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Savage v. State of Georgia, 297 Ga. 627 (Ga. 2015).

Cited 28 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 29, 2015 | 774 S.E.2d 624

...But that case actually cuts against their argument. In Anderson, this Court rejected a constitutional vagueness challenge to the term “recreational purposes” as used in the Recreational Property Act, 16 OCGA §§ 51-3-20 to 51-3-26, by looking to the ordinary meaning of the term “recreation,” which is “any amusement, play or other form of relaxation which refreshes the mind or body.” See Anderson, 273 Ga....
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City of Tybee Island v. Godinho, 511 S.E.2d 517 (Ga. 1999).

Cited 20 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 8, 1999 | 270 Ga. 567, 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 544

...For these reasons, we conclude that the City's sidewalk is being used for a recreational purpose within the meaning of the RPA, and that the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the City. Judgment reversed. All the Justices concur. NOTES [1] OCGA § 51-3-20 to § 51-3-26. [2] Godinho v. City of Tybee Island, 231 Ga.App. 377, 499 S.E.2d 389 (1998). [3] See OCGA § 51-3-21 to 51-3-26....