Falling into Dive Boat

[tgsmith]

Ditto. I go out in rough conditions all the time and don't blame them when I bang myself up. Why? I'm the one that made the choice to go out knowing those conditions existed. That right there says it.

What more could they have done for you? How in any reasonable way could they be held as acting negligent to your safety?

 

[Belmont]

It happened to me.
Like Jim Lap said, I twiddled too much and my timing did not match the waves.
I did exactly what you see on Americas funny videos, I had one foot on the boat and one on the pier, when the two of them parted I fell in the drink.
Luckyly I was not hurt (well my ego was) just lost my hat, got back on the boat and all was fine.
Good lesson learned, did not cost much. Next time I will be more carefull and more decisive.

I bear the whole blame for my misadventure.

 

[F106A]

My questions in regards to this accident.
1. Is the dive boat operator liable for this accident?
2. Is the resort property owner of the pier liable?
3. Is nature liable for this incident ?

IF... you did this in the current stimulus rich environment of the "I'm-not-responsible-for-myself" USA then, CONGRATULATIONS!, you've won the legal lottery. Contact your lawyer to see how much your payout is.

 

[Roko]

Did you perchance sign a waiver before diving with this operator?

 

[mongodives]

Personal responsibility be damned, sue the wave. (sarc)

 

[RonFrank]

YOU are responsible. Who get's on a dive boat ONE LEG AT A TIME! Well, maybe in flat seas! You LEAP into the air, and stick the landing! Extra points for an in air maneuver! Seriously, if the boat is a rockin, then one of the best ways to board is to jump in with both feet. You want to be ON the dock, or ON the boat.... halfway can result in... well I guess you found out. I am assuming this was like a six pack, IOW's a small boat. With larger boats you often have to step UP to get into the boat from the dock.

Seriously, Frank Azar may take your case. Actually a LOT of lawyers may take the case but ONLY if you were seriously injured. If you just missed a few dives, they likely won't give you the time of day. I assume you did not pay for the dives you did not do.

If you had trip insurance, than you may get something back.

 

[cavew0man]

Are you sure you didn't fall on your head?

If it was too rough to get in the boat then call it a day.

If you're a hard core diver then fall in to the boat like a big boy and go diving.

Or, alternately, as divenxs has not specified a gender, just put on your big girl panties and deal with it!

 

[TSandM]

It was a judgment call, it sounds like, by the dive op, to load from that pier. But they have no way of knowing how athletic or balanced you are, and you do. If you didn't like the appearance of the conditions, you could simply have refused to board there, or you could have requested someone on the boat to assist you in boarding (which is what I probably would have done, because I'm little, old, break when I fall, and have lousy balance).

Getting in and out of boats is always a time of risk. But nobody is better equipped than you are to judge whether an activity is appropriate for you or not.

I see no conceivable way that the resort or pier owner could be blamed for this incident.

 

[dkktsunami]

God, I love divers. We must be the last group of people in the U.S. with any common sense.

 

[F106A]

God, I love divers. We must be the last group of people in the U.S. with any common sense.

You wrote that after or before reading a great body of these ScubaBoard posts?