12/19/2008

Associated Press

The Scuba Center of Spokane has been sued by the wife of a Spokane stockbroker who died on a dive in Hood Canal in March.

The lawsuit for unspecified damages was brought Tuesday in Superior Court by Maureen Maher-Gray, widow of 54-year-old John W. Gray. Company owner-instructor Daniel Arteaga and his lawyer did not return a call for comment from The Spokesman-Review.

Arteaga and the business are accused in the lawsuit of gross negligence and infliction of emotional distress.

In her action Mayer-Gray says she and her husband were "totally inexperienced dive students."

Her husband was found dead about 30 feet underwater near Eldon on March 29. Mason County Coroner Wes Stockwell said Gray apparently had become separated from the rest of the scuba class.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesmanreview.com