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Or they're selling timeshares.

That's all very logical, but it doesn't account for an angry plaintiff who's really not concerned about money. We'll have to see how it plays out, but I tend to think a settlement relies on an insurance policy sufficient to cover the settlement demand. My guess is the insurance amount is not...

Shark Court begins shortly.

Ok. Let's say the foresics showed the tanks were indeed contaminated in some way. We know conslusively Carlos has an at home fill station, his own tanks, he made the gas, filled his own tanks, and failed to label them properly which clearly[IMHO] led to his death. The blame is cannot be...

That's a great point, but it doesn't really apply to the reality of the situation. If you bailout from a CO2 hit and need to finish decompression, you can be assured you won't be relying on your skills alone; you'll be relying on the skills and probably every drop of gas your entire dive team...

As I said earlier in this thread, after Carlos' accident I realized the one way to guarantee I would not shortcut analyzing gas was to rip the labels off bottles soon after I'm out of the water. This simple procedure forces me to analyze and label all the gas every time. I'll credit my...

That's not universal, you can go this route: CCR Diver - IANTD - World Headquarters and get the experience concurrently. As you can infer from the either/or prerequisites, most CCR instructors are starting out new CCR guys with Tx21/35 in the "Mod 1" course. You show a Mod 1 card at the local...

After reading this thread, I came to a pretty quick conclusion. The OP desires to make dives that are just about perfect for a rebreather. Though the initial investment required might be a bit higher, the OP might benefit from purchasing a quality used CCR. If the OP took CCR Mod 1 he would...

Absolutely. Just remember the plan you get is based on the decompression model you select and how you've manipulated that particular decompression model. If you're not sure, it's best to follow a dive computer that has provided good results on the actual dive.

Thirteen pages, and it's been explained 5 times just in this thread both O2 bottles contained O2 on the Doria Dive - and he still can't get it that the O2 bottle was filled with air AFTER the Doria dive and BEFORE the trip to Florida. Sigh... So ridiculous.

Gianamerri is an expert on all things after the fact, incident, or accident. No matter what anyone does, he can name a better procedure they could have used. No matter what someone builds, he could design and build it better after the accident. He could write better standards, compel increased...

Here's some facts. If a diver swims the ballroom at an average of 65ft, that's a PPO2 of ~2.9x. Once you pass the lips, through the key hole, and pass the park bench, you're looking at perhaps 80 - 100ffw before the Hill 400 where the seizure occurred, that's a PPO2 of ~3.4x to ~4.0x. If this...

I will say it again, I always rip the stickers off all my bottles when I'm done diving for a reason. I quite literally started that procedure from the lessons learned from Carlos' accident. That's what the article should have been about. Better procedures to force yourself to analyze, team...

It becomes clear, you need to re-read the story about how the bottles came to Florida. It's all on the Internet for your consumption, but I'm not going to wade through that thread again to find it. The Cliff Notes (if memory serves): He filled an O2 bottle with air after use on the Doria...

I think at some point you have to accept Carlos took a bottle filled with poison diving. If you can allow this to be a human factors accident, it becomes very clear what happened and who is ultimately responsible. Your requirement for a CSI inquiry would be quite relevant if another party had...

As a result of this accident, I purchased a TruMix 4001 Trimix Analyzer within 24-hours from Dive Gear Express. Additionally, my dive buddies now cross-check gas to labels, and we remove all the tank labels at the end of the dive/dive trip in an effort to prevent a duplication of the error...

To the author: I request you establish a motive for all the concerned parties to lie. The thing is, unless you can establish a motive your blog simply pounds the table.

Yup. You'll need a PACER account for most of it though. Manchanda v. Hays Worldwide LLC et al :: Justia Dockets & Filings

Update: The plaintiff has filed a [civil] wrongful death claim for $5,000,000.00 + fees. Defense's motion to dismiss was denied. And we're off... This thread has been split from a thread that began in the Accidents and Incidents forum. Marg, SB Senior Moderator

How does a lawyer depose a shark, I wonder...?