Jim, Alton was my cavern instructor. I am thinking about suing him for
getting me into this in the first place. He ws in law school at LSU at
the time.

Jim Cobb wrote:
> 
> Oh, that's right, you guys are in Louisiana, so you guys must wear
> seersucker suits.
> 
> So, Alton, I have heard of one case where a the family of the deseased
> sued the "buddy" and won a pile of dough, how many do you know of or have
> participated in?
> 
>    Jim
> 
> Sender: Alton Hall, Jr.  Date: 8/17/99 9:28 PM
> 
> >Hi Jim:
> >
> >I do not think we have had the pleasure of meeting. However I can assure
> >you that
> >I do not own a shark skin suit. Alton
> >
> >http://www.divelawyer.com/
> >
> >Jim Cobb wrote:
> >
> >> Art, I think the odd thing about the diver in question was that he was in
> >> good shape, an experienced diver, so why did he die?
> >>
> >> While so much is known about this fatality (certainly much more than the
> >> usual Doria death thanks to some people who were there not following the
> >> tech diver "code of silence"), nothing is known about the moment of his
> >> demise.
> >>
> >> This is leading to much speculation as to what is the "smoking gun", what
> >> was the main factor(s) that killed him. IMHO the two suspects are:
> >>
> >> 1. He made a judgement error, he did not rest to offgas the CO2 in his
> >> system after greatly exerting himself, and he did not avoid exerting
> >> himself in the first place.
> >>
> >> 2. His high-drag "old timer" gear configuration is what lead him to
> >> getting winded in the first place, compounded with no real buddy plan.
> >> When you call a dive in a real buddy situation the buddy(s) should have
> >> called the dive as well.
> >>
> >> As JT has said it behooves you divers out there to make it crystal clear
> >> that you are a solo diver and responsible for no one when you jump in.
> >>
> >> Or you people are going to have to learn to use a "real" buddy teams with
> >> clear, active, effective and practiced buddy plans and actions, which
> >> makes tech dives more survivable, with out a doubt.
> >>
> >> If you divers out there keep doing this "same ocean" buddy stuff then you
> >> will, one day, have Alton Hall or one of his shark-skin suited cohorts
> >> knocking on your door with a lawsuit blaming you for your "same ocean"
> >> buddy's death.
> >>
> >>    Jim
> >>
> >> Sender: Paltz, Art  Date: 8/17/99 10:14 AM
> >>
> >> >Gotta jump in here.  I have been following this thread with great interest
> >> >cause I know the people involved.  I have not heard anyone who was there
> say
> >> >he was breathing the air tank as a travel mix.  This is just another
> example
> >> >of people assuming and making statements to further the cause or just jump
> >> >in the band wagon.  Is using air as a travel mix stupid when you've got a
> >> >17% back mix?  Yes it is.  Was it used, I think not!
> >> >
> >> >Art.
> >>
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