well maybe it’s not worh 500k. probably not. i don’t know what the damages are. be a lot better obviously for the case if he got a body part chewed off…
still, on the other hand, his level of fear was probably off the charts. as far as emotional distress claims go, assuming the fishermen’s acts were intentional, it’s hard to get better than startling a dude swimming along with a hooked shark…
the fishermen needed to cut that baby loose. before the swimmers got too close…