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Tai Wilkerson's wife has decided to sue for his death. She will be using a lawyer who frequently advertises his services on these lists. Using the standard shotgun technique favored by lawfirms of this grade, the suit includes the US Navy, the Coast Guard, Quicksilver International (or whats left of it), Mike Hillier and Mike Fantone for something Tai did, as far as I know, on his own free will. Personally I think the lawyer is dropping the ball here. He should also be suing the Gov. of Spain and the descendants of the Capt. of the Juno, for ultimately it was their fault the whole thing happened. And if Spain really does find treasures on the "Juno" you could sue for a slice of the pie and then retire on your own island in the bahamas (which, of course, is the dream of every ambulance chasing lawyer). One of the defendants I know hardly has two coins to rub together and surely the real target is the training agency he is affiliated with. While I feel for Mrs. Wilkerson, perhaps she should have insisted that her husband quit the dangerous sport of decompression diving, or at least get a medical checkup to see if he was fit and able to deal with the stress, which apparently (from the medical examiner's report) he was not. And all you divers out there owe it to your families to have comprehensive life insurance policies to cover your families (if you have one) in the event of your death. I think it really sucks when a diver dies. In some situations people should pay. In other situations the money grubbing is really sickening. Suing the Navy and Coast Guard, just how far does this idiot lawfirm think they are going to get with that? Now one tragedy is going to be compounded by several more. And the only thing which will be accomplished is the lining of the pockets of a bunch of money-grubbing shyster lawyers. This sport is not fun anymore. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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