“I place the blame squarely on those two jerks who pulled this stunt. You take your victim/plaintif/sucker as you find them. Her reaction in no way diminishes their personal misconduct.”
I dont think this outcome was predictable in any way. People dont commit suicide because of prank calls.
Because if they did there would be no one left named “Mike Hunt”
im not following this...why did she kill herself again? ive read the story, two dj’s pretended to be the queen and charles, etc....and she spoke with them about 15 mins....what was the reason she offed herself ?
The eggshell skull rule (or thin skull rule or you take your victim as you find him rule of the common law) is a well established legal doctrine used in some tort law systems,[1] with a similar doctrine applicable to criminal law. It increases the liability of a person who may commit a tort against another, from results arising out of those tortious acts.
708 F.2d 1217, citing Prosser, Handbook of the Law of Torts 261 (4th ed. 1971)
These shock jocks are screwed in civil OR criminal law. Foreseeability of a special weakness is no excuse.