Jury awards $16.6M to radio water contestant's family - GoFuckYourself.com

Jarmusch · 10-29-2009, 04:30 PM

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A Sacramento Superior Court jury today awarded the survivors of Jennifer Lea Strange $16,577,118 as a result of her death nearly three years ago in a water-drinking contest conducted by a local radio station.

In making the award, the seven-man, five-woman panel found that Entercom Sacramento LLC, the local subsidiary of Entercom Communications Corp. of Philadelphia was negligent in putting on the contest that ultimately resulted in Strange's death.

Plaintiffs lawyers had asked the jury for an award for economic and non-economic damages in a range of $34 million to $44.3 million.

Strange, 28, died Jan. 12, 2007, after participating in what KDND "The End" 107.9 promoted as its "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest that promised the popular Nintendo video game to whomever could drink the most water without urinating or vomiting. The Sacramento County Coroner's Office determined that she died of acute water intoxication.

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Only in America can you become a millionaire by having a family member drink one too many glasses of water.

d-null · 10-29-2009, 04:32 PM

those deejays did pretty much everything wrong in hanging themselves and their company

L-Pink · 10-29-2009, 04:50 PM

I never drink water, fish fuck in it.

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Deej · 10-29-2009, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

I never drink water, fish fuck in it.

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i know right... can you imagine all of the whale semen

Must be why the ocean is salty..

dyna mo · 10-29-2009, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

I never drink water, fish fuck in it.

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i'm off water too.

10-29-2009, 05:54 PM

I guess I'm a cum guzzler because I love water.

L-Pink · 10-29-2009, 06:09 PM

How much water DO you have to drink, in what period of time, for there to be a danger?

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xenigo · 10-29-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

How much water DO you have to drink, in what period of time, for there to be a danger?

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Impossible to answer. It is directly related to your body's balance of electrolytes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

After Shock Media · 10-29-2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

How much water DO you have to drink, in what period of time, for there to be a danger?

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Just enough to throw your salt balances off then shit goes bad quick. I was cut off water once in the hospital because my bloodwork came back that my sodium levels were real low and a few other indicators. I had been on a crazy drinking binge cause I could not keep down much food. Plus I had not been allowed to eat or drink anything for a few days before that. I just drank and drank to both feel full and cause I felt super thirsty.

L-Pink · 10-29-2009, 06:32 PM

Actually I drink about a gallon of water a day ... interesting stuff.

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Iron Fist · 10-29-2009, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by L-Pink

Actually I drink about a gallon of water a day ... interesting stuff.

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Yeah and you pissed about a gallon a day too...

Problem is... she couldn't piss.

Deej · 10-29-2009, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sharphead

Yeah and you pissed about a gallon a day too...

Problem is... she couldn't piss.

Well that isnt directly related to her death.. its all about flushing and overpowering her electrolytes...

NikKay · 10-30-2009, 05:26 AM

I would prefer the DJs who participated and took phone calls from people who told them someone could die and then laughed and said, "They signed a waiver." be held accountable by being forced to drink 10 gallons of water but we in America don't believe in that kind of punishment.

10-30-2009, 05:51 AM

i remember this happening, they got half what they were asking for, not bad!

After Shock Media · 10-30-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Altwebdesign

i remember this happening, they got half what they were asking for, not bad!

Cough, appeals, cough lawyers cut. Cough bankruptcy.
Awards seem nice, they be very lucky to even see 20% of it long term before taxes.

10-29-2009, 04:32 PM	#2
d-null . . . Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 13,724	those deejays did pretty much everything wrong in hanging themselves and their company

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L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,152	I never drink water, fish fuck in it. .

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Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE Guest Posts: n/a	I guess I'm a cum guzzler because I love water.

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L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,152	How much water DO you have to drink, in what period of time, for there to be a danger? .

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L-Pink working on my tan Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida/Kentucky Posts: 39,152	Actually I drink about a gallon of water a day ... interesting stuff. .

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NikKay Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,642	I would prefer the DJs who participated and took phone calls from people who told them someone could die and then laughed and said, "They signed a waiver." be held accountable by being forced to drink 10 gallons of water but we in America don't believe in that kind of punishment.

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Altwebdesign Guest Posts: n/a	i remember this happening, they got half what they were asking for, not bad!