Family of "Wee for Wii" Victim Awarded $16m
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Why the fuck didn't the station have a waver saying "We are not responsible for any bodily harm that may or may not happen from this contest" so they could cover their ass in case something like this happened? Now because of that a woman is dead (Although I don't feel much pity for her) and ten people are out of a job. Idiots on both sides.
Radio stations need to stop underestimating the power of materialism. They seem to constantly be in the news for contests that didn't go as planned.
SantoUno said:
Blame the radio hosts. They got a call from a nurse warning them about the dangers of this contest and still held it anyways.
A ridiculous competition and a sad loss, both parties are to blame, although the Radio station more so if they did not give any warnings as to the consequences of participating but that being said this competition should never have been authorized.
Something that should be noted is that a lot of people are not aware that you can get water poisoning.
Something that should be noted is that a lot of people are not aware that you can get water poisoning.
They also get a dead mother. How wonderful.ginty2 said:
Think before you post.
It is hard to put a price tag on something intangible like the love people share between each other. Moments that will be missing from the remaining family members lives due to her death. It was tragic, and maybe she could have just given up and peed, but really any of you ever actually been over hydrated, you wouldn't really realized it until to late.
The radio station needs to accept its part of this. And they will to the tune of $16 million. The employees did at the cost of their jobs.
You are right. The one I never through should have gone to court was the practical joke one where they led on that they where giving away a hummer. Only to have the winner show up to claim a radio controlled toy. Should have just been a "haha, you got me, I guess I will give this to my son," moment. Not a sue the radio station for damages and money to go buy a hummer.Lvl 64 Klutz said:
Edit: Seems a large number of people think this was totally the fault of the Mother making bad decisions. I have to ask how many of you thinking that actually knew you could die from drinking to much water before you heard about this.
Not quite. Your cells burst, but your body won't. Your body just gets sick and dies.lwm3398 said:
I still wonder why we don't have spontaneously combusting suicide bombers yet. That would be very exciting and dangerous.
Yeah, and nothing replaces the loss of a loved one like millions and millions of dollars. And even if you had never heard of water poisoning(I have btw), any person with a brain would know that too much of anything(including water, it's called drowning) is bad for your body.manaman said:
No, it is entirely the mother's fault. In no way is the radio station responsible for her death. I have no sympathy for people doing dumb things that get them or others killed due to their negligence and lack of critical thinking skills. Usually it has to do with parents who let their kids do dumb things and the kid dies, but this is just as retarded.
Most people don't know you can die from drinking too much water. It seems counter-intuitive. At worse, I suspect most would assume risk to the kidneys from holding it in for too long. That too can be a big, fatal problem if kidney failure were to occur, but I sincerely doubt your average person would be worried about dying from cells bursting.
Ignorance, yes, but it's an obscure fact until something like this draws attention to it, and by then someone has already died.
Ignorance, yes, but it's an obscure fact until something like this draws attention to it, and by then someone has already died.
Different body, different consequences. They may have been bigger, started out more dehydrated... any number of x factors could explain why this woman died and the others lived.Sevre90210 said:
True, but the grown adults at the Radios Station also made a grown decision; one that, to be honest, was very stupid. Normally I would say the victim was at fault, but the fact that the radio hosted a competition without doing an research into whether drinking potentially fatal amounts of water is dangerous puts the blame on them in my opinion.JaredXE said:
Whether it was worth $16 million however, I do not know.
The one thing that will come out of this? More warning labels on liquids.
My condolences to her family though.
My condolences to her family though.
