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Old 10-30-2009, 07:42 PM   #1
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Jury Awards $16 Million for Death from Water Drinking Contest

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On January 12, 2007, 28-year-old Jennifer Strange participated in a radio contest called “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” by Entercom Sacramento radio station KDND 107.9 that awarded the person that could drink the most water without going to the bathroom a Nintendo Wii video game system. After drinking nearly 2 gallons of water at the contest, Jennifer Strange died later that day of water intoxication.

The Sacramento Press is reporting that Jennifer’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Entercom Sacramento and its parent company for the actions of its employees. After nine days of deliberation, the jurors reportedly found Entercom Sacramento LLC negligent in Jennifer’s death based on reports that the radio station’s on-air employees did not heed warnings by listeners that called in to discuss how dangerous this contest was to one’s health. The jury did not find Entercom Sacramento’s parent company negligent in this case as it was reported that employees at the radio station did not consult the parent company’s legal department prior to sponsoring the water drinking contest. Jennifer Strange’s family was awarded just over $16 million in damages.

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just goes to show that too much of anything is bad for you.
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how fucking stupid do you have to be to hold a water drinking contest. its practically a certainty someones dumb enough to drink so much that they drown themselves (which is what water intoxication is).
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the radio station was even more retarded for disregarding the warnings they received from concerned listeners.
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how fucking stupid do you have to be to hold a water drinking contest. its practically a certainty someones dumb enough to drink so much that they drown themselves (which is what water intoxication is).
Just as stupid as the girl who died from a ketamine snorting contest. This is really more like, what's with all the stupid promo contests lately? Do they have 20 year olds manage these companies?
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Just as stupid as the girl who died from a ketamine snorting contest. This is really more like, what's with all the stupid promo contests lately? Do they have 20 year olds manage these companies?
you don't have to be 20 yrs old to make a stupid decision like this hahah
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So I guess a Human life is worth 16 million these days...
This is so sad.

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how fucking stupid do you have to be to hold a water drinking contest. its practically a certainty someones dumb enough to drink so much that they drown themselves (which is what water intoxication is).
umm i'm pretty sure water intoxication is not "drowning" yourself in the absolute terms of drowning...
you're body conducts impulses through the body through synapse (bio 12). Which means your body is charged and needs a medium to pass impulses through.
ie. your brain needs to send impulses to your body; heart, limbs, organs, etc.

If too much water is consumed the concentration of sodium is lowered relative to the amount of water. ie. diluted. Thus, there isn't a medium for impulses to travel and if no impulses can be sent then the body cannot function..
heart stops, brain doesn't function, etc.
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the radio station was even more retarded for disregarding the warnings they received from concerned listeners.
wow, you would think they would have researched this when people pointed out the obvious to them?

holy crap.
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im waiting for ZF to weigh in on this... im sure his opinion will make me super-LOL
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So I guess a Human life is worth 16 million these days...
This is so sad.


human lives are worth somewhere between 1 - 2 million actually. the extra 14-15 million in there is because the death was due to negligence i guess.
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how fucking stupid do you have to be to hold a water drinking contest.
How fucking stupid do you have to be to chug back that much water?

Personal responsibility FTL.
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shitty way to lose your life for a wii, did she even win? haha
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^yea, did she even win the wii? that would be the least they could do lol
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i remember this story

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feel sorry for her kids
At least she won't be having more kids, lessens the chances of the genetic defect being passed on
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at least her kid got the Wii and 16 million
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That's a lot of water. Did she win?
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i hope the people responsible for this genius contest live depressed and shameful for as long as they breathe.
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