Diver killed by shark

[scubadog76]

I am a big fan of personal responsibility too.  When traveling to an area your not familiar to you, usually you hire someone who is to make sure you have a good experience.  Sometimes, it's tough to find out the nasty details about a dive outfit and sometimes it stares you right in the face and is ignored anyway.  A few years ago, I dove at the Mall of America and found it absurd that 3 dive masters surrounded our group with black and white poles and chased off 7 foot long sharks if they got within 30 feet of us.  These sharks were almost tame.  Looking back in comparison to this current incident, they took almost every precaution to keep people safe.  I felt it was overkill, but I was safe.  I think there are alot of scumbag lawyers out there that make things more difficult and expensive for everyone with junk lawsuits, but I also feel that it has made operations really think about your safety in most cases.  Lawyers did not make a difference in this case, but they will-

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer!