Legal Question in Business Law in Georgia

Legal liability for a production group.

We are a production group based in North Carolina. We have gotten a production at a convention in Athens Georgia that we are taking approx. 20 people to. We are paying for the rooms and transportation. All of the people, save one are 18 and older. The one person who is under 18, has convenced her parents tot sign power of attorney over to one of the members of our cast. What we want to know is how much liability do we hold for the people we take, and in light of the power of attorney, how much liability do we hold for the minor in question? One note we are a production group bound only by the bonds of friendship and we are not legally organized in any way. We do not get paid we only do this for fun.


Asked on 1/21/98, 1:31 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Friend Robert H. Friend, Attorney at Law

Liability of Production Group for a Minor

I believe that I would have a much stronger agreement with the parents than a Power of Attorney (which only allows someone to DO things for this minor - actually, now that I think about it, a Power of Attorney is probably not what you have, exactly. So you'd better have someone look at this too). I would recommend an agreement with the parents that includes, among other things, the fact that they understand and are assuming the risk of the minor's getting hurt, killed accidentally, etc., etc. If you don't, I'm afraid that one of us imaginative lawyers would try to sue ALL of you if something happened. Being non-profit or unpaid doesn't free you from negligence and other claims. Get an ironclad agreement, as much as possible.

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Answered on 1/27/98, 2:12 pm


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