Peter Frymann

After two years of legal proceedings, local dive boat operator Michael Heslop has paid an undisclosed amount to settle out-of-court an action brought by the husband of a British woman who drowned on her first ever diving trip in Bermuda.

A lawsuit brought by the husband of a woman who drowned in a diving accident against dive boat operator Michael Heslop has been set down for trial on October 16 at Bermuda Supreme Court.Peter Frymann, who lost his wife Eileen in the 1992 accident, is seeking undisclosed damages from Mr. Heslop, claiming he was negligent in running his business, Fantasea Diving. Mr. Heslop claims the incident was an accident that could not have been prevented.