JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- A former Jamestown council member found liable in his wife's death has been kicked out of the world's largest scuba diving organization.

A Providence jury in February held David Swain responsible for the 1999 scuba diving death of his wife, Shelley Tyre. The jury awarded her parents more than three-point-five million dollars.

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors revoked Swain's membership days after the verdict. The decision means Swain, who operates Ocean State Scuba, can no longer teach scuba courses.

Swain has denied involvement in his wife's death, which occurred as they were scuba diving together in the British Virgin Island of Tortola. He has never been criminally charged.