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Originally Posted by Joe Kerr
How do you prove liability? Which wave or wake came from a specific boat and did damage? What about combined wakes from more than one boat? What happens when you go at 6 mph and make a wake? What happens when the damaging wake comes from a Marine Patrol boat going faster than headway?
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These are good reasons why a suit for damages involving wake may be hard to win.
But they do not change the fact that you are responsible for damage you do. The issue here is responsibility, if you damage your neighbors dock you can be held responsible. If you drop a tree on the dock, sparks from your campfire set it on fire or if the wake from you boat is the cause, the responsibility is the same. If you were negligent or did it on purpose that just makes you neighbors case better, and you can also be charged with a criminal offense as well.