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PHILLIPS v. SEA TOW/SEA SPILL OF SAVANNAH

No. S02G0973.

578 S.E.2d 846 (2003)

276 Ga. 352

PHILLIPS v. SEA TOW/SEA SPILL OF SAVANNAH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter, MaClean, Exley & Dunn, P.C., Robert S. Glenn, Jr., Colin A.B. McRae, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, James W. Bartlett III, Savannah, for appellant.

Barnard M. Portman, for appellee.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

After voluntarily rescuing a vessel that was in peril on the high seas, Sea Tow/Sea Spill of Savannah, a marine towing service, filed an action in state court against the boat's owner seeking a marine salvage award. The trial court dismissed the complaint, finding that Sea Tow's claim could only be brought in federal admiralty court. The Court of Appeals of Georgia reversed,1 and we granted certiorari to consider...

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