Israeli woman drowns during epileptic incident - Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

[boulderjohn]

Unfortunately, when it comes to grieving families, too often all moral and legal standards are thrown out the window.

A few years ago, some divers talked their way into an extremely advanced cave system owned by the NSS-CDS (National Speleological Society-Cave Diving Section). They told management that they were going to do a good deed by cleaning up the site. They were not going to dive, they said, because they were not remotely qualified for that dive.

Well, they had lied, and after the resulting fatality, the family sued the NSS-CDS for believing the lies and allowing them on the property. The suit went on for years, and it nearly bankrupt the NSS-CDS before it was over.

 

[Subfiend]

Like the Tuvell case.....

And the Rob Stewart case. Here is an excerpt from Stewart's 2012 book, "Save the Humans." Stewart failed to disclose his low blood pressure on any of the three medical forms he filled out for his rebreather instruction courses or the liability waiver he filled out before his final dives. Similarly, he failed to disclose that he was taking a daily prescription medication, the side effects of which include "dizziness, weakness, feeling like you might pass out."