Just damn!
I never knew you could die from drinking too much water, and I'm a smart guy. Well, that's because I'm a FReeper, and always learning something here.
Still, who is more responsible, the radio station or the person drinking all that water?
who is more responsible, the radio station or the person drinking all that water?
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Let me ask..
without the contest, who dies?
I expect a healthy settlement in time, signed waiver or not.
I'd personally like to see some jail time for the idiots caught on tape and on the air with their cutesy comments.
Am I the only one who thinks the whole thing was stupid, but not criminal ?
The radio station. They are running a business, and decided that they could make money off of people doing something so dangerous that outsiders were calling them warning it could kill contestants - and they laughed off the warnings.
It would be analogous to a car race being put on by a TV network, and contestants were told they could just use their commuting cars, not wear helmets, and that their bumpers would protect them in the event of a crash. And then run the race at high speed.
I think, since I'm not a lawyer, that the radio station can be faulted for not having medical personnel their to monitor the people.
The DJs knew someone could die and it doesn't appear they made sure adequate medical personnel were their to check the conditions of the contestants.
The radio station is not 100% responsible. We don't know what they told the contestants about the dangers of drinking too much water. We don't what medical advice they gave if the contestants felt bad.
It doesn't appear that the radio station had any procedure to inform or provide the contestants with medical screening, and replacement salt and minerals.
I bet the lawyers will argue this like a drunk who is still given more alcohol by a bar.