The jury consisted of local islanders that probably did not know how to swim and thought SCUBA diving was crazy.
The captain probably grapped what he could, I am not sure of his IQ.
Perhaps the corrugated hose was worn.
Worn or not they pulled him up bu the corrugated hose and it broke, they caused the fault and should have known better as they are "professionals looking over the operation".
Yes, you are correct, a corrugated hose is not made to lift a diver out of the water.
Yes I agree
A wife with baby wins every time.
Only if you provided the gear or worked on it.
If my student, the teenage - grown up baby, had any gear problems, then I would be in hot water.
No matter what you do you are screwed buy what you just said.