This reminds me of the scene in Life of Brian with the ex-leper. Some people are never satisfied.
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While I do not want to comment on the sue issue, one phrase stroke me a bit:
Ortiz was able to find a small air bubble in the back of his car where Ferszt said his client spent two hours waiting to be rescued.
What is the SAC rate (or better O2 consumption as used air returns to the bubble) of an excited/panicked person? How large did this small air bubble have to be for allowing him to stay for 2 hours?
(Just out of curiousity)
With a half decent sac rate youd breathe down about 60 cuft of air in 2 hours.. As exhaled gas contain about 15% oxygen you can breathe the same gas a few times before it cant sustain life, but co2 becomes part of the equation as well of course...While I do not want to comment on the sue issue, one phrase stroke me a bit:
Ortiz was able to find a small air bubble in the back of his car where Ferszt said his client spent two hours waiting to be rescued.
What is the SAC rate (or better O2 consumption as used air returns to the bubble) of an excited/panicked person? How large did this small air bubble have to be for allowing him to stay for 2 hours?
(Just out of curiousity)
Politely disagree. Sovereign immunity is an old and accepted doctrine in the US. This is the essence of the 11th amendment to our constitution. Rescuers have what is known as "civil immunity".
Does this make us part of Russia?
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There is no lawsuit yet.
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From one of the articles I read, it looks like one of the rescue dive team members is being personally sued. I'd be very interested in hearing from anyone with a legal background out there whether the decision in this case may affect liability for non-professionals attempting a rescue.
FWIW I think this discussion fits well within this forum's stated purpose of being "...​the place to discuss court cases and legal matters that affect the SCUBA industry."
That is the problem with this country. Too many people don't want to take responsibility for their own actions. It's easier to blame someone else or some outside force than to own up to their own stupidity. Of course it doesn't help matters any when you have radio advertisements such as 411 Pain or 1800 Ask Gary playing all day and night. Not to mention all of the lawyer ads on TV advertising about all these class action lawsuits. People want to get rich quick and unfortunately they are too dumb to realize that the only people making money in these situations are the lawyers.