06-04-2018, 06:15 PM
Note that the Seven Sacred Pools case was in a stream, not the ocean. There is a state law giving qualified immunity for personal injury lawsuits in the ocean barring active negligence. There was an attempt to pass a similar law for land-based claims, which had nearly unanimous support but was killed by Rep. Sylvia Luke (with the help of now-disgraced and always-crooked Speaker Joe Souki), who coincidentally is a member of the trial lawyers' association, the only group to oppose it.