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> When the trial lawyers set out to make some money, they will sue the 
> boat, the skipper, the maker of the scuba gear, the maker of the boat, 
> the instructor, the person who tried to save the deceased, and any boats 
> that happend to going by at the time.

again Jim, who sues the bus that takes you to the ski slope?
Why not?  bus companies have lots of $$.  they aren't sued b/c 
the lawyer would be laughed out of the courtroom.  Why
not work to have the same happen in diving?

I agree that right now we do not view the dive boat and the
ski bus as having the same roles.  But then again, that
I think is OUR fault. We expect different things from them.
We can change our expectations.

When no one expects the dive boat to hold your hand, maybe
then the lawsuits will start to look even more silly than
they are now.  Then if it continues down that road, at worst
the case is tossed out in a preliminary phase.  After
all the boat had no duty that it could have breached.

But you have to want it to work out that way.  Its beyond
me why more people don't want it to.  Get all these fears
of litigation out of diving.  We bring them on ourselves
by refusing to accept responsibility, and by trying to
find someone else to blame no matter what goes wrong.

So do you disagree with the premise, or do you just not think
we could ever make it work?

Mike
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