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If you're a lawyer, don't let me lecture you on it. ;) (Paralegal.)

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I have been known to take my roller-ball into the bathtub with me so I can float on it and target the pain point....

Federal court can be the venue if it's a federal question (maritime law is, as are many other issues) or if there's a diversity issue (the parties belong to more than one U.S. state jurisdiction).

Suing in an international venue is a completely different can of worms and I'm not touching it with a ten-foot reef hook. :)

I imagine that it depends on the context. A lawsuit for breach of contract (e.g., vendor non-payment) would likely proceed as a conventional complaint. The key ingredient here that seems to make it a maritime claim is covered in ¶1(a-c), because the events described occurred in eligible waters.

I want to point out that a complaint (what we have here) is an initial filing in a suit. Neither interrogatories (formal Q&A about the details of the case) nor discovery (requesting and sharing of documents/evidence) have taken place yet. The meaty details have not yet been attended to, which...

Check with Michael Pinault at Undirworld in Brockville. Super nice guy and expert in local diving there.

Yep! Replied to your PM.

@rjack321 covers it pretty well. At each level of difficulty, passing requires that you show mastery above the previous level. For the lost-line drill, this might include any or all of: Better trim/buoyancy without reference Increased smoothness and speed on deploying the reel Making a better...

Day 7 - Speedpost from the Road Last night, I said that we were planning to dive Peacock. When I met with Chris this morning at Cave Country Dive Shop, he made me an offer that I couldn't refuse. Instead of going an hour off-course to Peacock, we could drive an hour north to Madison Blue to...

Not a medical answer, but I had a TDAP booster in 2016 after a car accident with some scrape injuries. My arm was sore at the injection site for a day or two, but I dove with no issues three days later. The protection offered by the booster likely outweighs the very minute risk of a...

Our exit progress was paused to conduct the drill; we gave way so they could pick up their bottles and go.

@JohnnyC, I think they were exiting. I had a blackout mask on for a decent part of the interaction, so I'm not positive.

Hors d'oeuvres for thought: * I showed enough reel improvement between Day 5 and Day 6 to earn the Basic Cave rating. My current level of proficiency will not cut it for Apprentice, so copious quantities of reel practice are in my future. * I think I'm done with about 3/4 of the required...

Day 6 Sorry for no-showing on yesterday's post! Plans changed abruptly - Reggie didn't feel well and seems to be coming down with a monster of a summer cold. Wednesday was our planned rest day, so we took another day off (aside from meeting for league dinner trivia.) Chris Brock, Reggie's...

Price cut - now $1500 OBO.

That's a shame, because it sounds like this would have been a spectacular video set to Yakety Sax.

I think the suit discussion is a valuable one to have. @chairman, can we get it split out into a topical thread?

Skunked today! One of the car batteries in our team convoy died before we reached the dive site. Because a car is essential dive equipment for a travel day, dives have been deferred to tomorrow. I'm at the Wahoo Grill for some regional specialties and plan to hit up the Kanapaha Botanical...