A tragic death of a Washington diver has led to a law suit being filed against Seattle Scuba.
Last month, [Jennifer] Coyne's parents, Kevin Coyne and Julie Simonds, filed suit in King County Superior Court, claiming it was Seattle Scuba's negligence that killed Jennifer. They are seeking unspecified damages. "This is a terrible, horrible, tragic loss that was completely avoidable," says their Bellevue-based attorney, Marc Silverman.
According to the suit, filed May 14, Jennifer Coyne rented her equipment from Seattle Scuba, an affiliate of the Scuba Schools Group, a West Coast chain of diving schools. Coyne took Seattle Scuba's classes at Alki Point to get her certification. Her parents now contend that school owner Craig Gillespie improperly set the regulator that gets air from the tanks, making it too difficult to breathe.
They allege the problem was compounded when Coyne was sent out with another inexperienced diver. The two descended about 60 feet, but Coyne was sluggish. Not long afterward, her partner found her unconscious. When Gillespie succeeded in pulling Coyne up, her stomach was filled with sea water, court records state.
Emergency crews flew Coyne to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma, where she was put on life support. But she never regained consciousness.
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