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Originally Posted by Locke
Now...I'm no Lawyer or nuthin' but I dont think you can waive 'Risk of Death' and then get into a rickety death trap using a waiver form.
Like...did Lionel Hutz draft that Waiver?
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According to the journalist in the CNN video on the last page, while Rush was forthcoming about the extreme danger, he also misrepresented it by giving his customers the impression that it was just the nature of the industry and normalized the risk. He didn't tell them that the risk using his experimental contraption was higher than the risk of using other submersibles.
There was one pervious potential customer that backed out due to safety concerns who was in the middle of suing him for a refund when this happened. That person apparently dropped the lawsuit after Rush died to spare the family additional pain. Apparently there were already trips booked and paid for next summer. Something tells me they won't be getting a refund though.