Posted by Jim Clements on September 26, 19102 at 12:13:58:
In Reply to: Re: Putting lines on wrecks posted by Jon Van Harpen on September 26, 19102 at 11:30:30:
: : We are technical Great Lakes Michigan divers that put lines on wrecks that are deep (beyond sport diving limits)and leave them for the diving season. If a sport diver or any diver uses one of our lines and dies can we be held responsible??? I hope not!! We do this for our safety and wreck preservation. Does anybody know???
: In the state of Wisconsin we looked at the laws and consulted an attorney about bouying wrecks. The attorney stated that the state itself was less vunerable to law suits. In a case over a drowned youth at a state park the parents suid the state claming the beach was posted as having a life guard on duty when in reality the person did not show up for work. The lawsuit was filed on a law that Attractive nusaince where as someone states or makes an something look safe but is not. States have more protection from these lawsuits but not individuales also if the line or chain could be said to damage the wreck there could be problem's there. For your own protection I wouldn't advertize that you put the bouy there altough in the long run its probably safer to the wreck and the divers diving it.