Diver in California Sues for Being Left
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MtnDiver
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Sounds to me like somebody looking to get rich quick, IMHO.
How can you prove that you got skin cancer from being left in the water for 5 hours?
Smells a little fishy to me...
How can you prove that you got skin cancer from being left in the water for 5 hours?
Smells a little fishy to me...
Skin cancer after only nine months after drifting in the fog?
I suspect the skin cancer was something the lawyer stuck in there.
He has good reason to sue without that.
He has good reason to sue without that.
yeah its probably some sleazy EMS chasing lawyer to looking to make a quick buck
murphdivers286
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I would like to know why, and how, he was left in the first place.
You cant sue for negligence about being left behind? The skin cancer thing is definately a red herring, but of course i have heard similar tag ons for little infractions before to make it seem like there were consequences beyond the obvious.pipedope:
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Because he was a litigious jackass ? ? ?
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simbrooks:You cant sue for negligence about being left behind? The skin cancer thing is definately a red herring, but of course i have heard similar tag ons for little infractions before to make it seem like there were consequences beyond the obvious.
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Diving is implied risk but they might get around that with willful misconduct, if they can prove it, and disregard for basic dive rules. If it's just simple negligence he will not win.
Admittedly i know very little about the law and legal terms, i think you know what i mean, the legal action should be due to being left behind and not being concious of a duty of care to this individual. As for possible reprocussions, i doubt any beyond a bit of hypothermia, salt water inhalation, dehydration and a bit of sunburn, but probably not skin cancer. At least he didnt have someone with him who wanted to feed him to the sharkspilot fish:
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