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Sheriff orders probe of radio contest death
Sacramento Bee ^
| 1/18/2007
| Christina Jewett - Bee Staff Writer
Posted on 01/18/2007 10:47:09 AM PST by GoldCountryRedneck
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To: frogjerk
Maybe a similar charge?I remember the Chico case. Carrington was forced to drink the water and then do calisthenics.
I don't think anyone forced the radio contestants to drink. Several reportedly left early on.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:17:59 AM PST
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
To: D-fendr
Station should have known that hydrogen dioxide is fatal. Luckily, it's also chemically impossible
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:18:52 AM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Sheik Hilali: Cultural learnings of Australia for make benefit of most glorious nation of Islam)
To: frogjerk
In that case, they forced him though. Maybe could bring charges, but I question whether they'd win. If I tell you to jump out of a tall building, and you do it, have I committed a crime?
To: GoldCountryRedneck
Very tragic.
Actually I dislike all these How much can you eat/drink contests.
My stepson just won a vindallu curry eating contest.
Heaven knows what that did to his alimentary canal.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:20:54 AM PST
by
Churchillspirit
(We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
I doubt that the contest release would exonerate them. In most states, those releases are held invalid when you are dealing with bodily injury. Sometimes an assumption of risk argument works, but you better have a pretty clear disclosure of what the risk is.
To: GoldCountryRedneck
The fraternity pledges prize was to become a member of the Frat. Frat pledges can leave anytime they want, it's peer pressure that keeps them there.
I don't see that much of a difference between the frat and the radio station.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:24:19 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: Brilliant
In that case, they forced him though. Maybe could bring charges, but I question whether they'd win. If I tell you to jump out of a tall building, and you do it, have I committed a crime?The difference with your question is that almost everyone alive knows that if you jump off a building you will die. I doubt many people know (and the contest kind of proves this) that you can die from drinking too much water.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:27:31 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: Brilliant
I think I read that the contest release was more geared toward a publicity release anyway.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:28:23 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: Brilliant; Churchillspirit
I doubt that the contest release would exonerate them.Bet the promoters of all those all-you-can-eat contests will be following this one?
I've often wondered after watching that guy down 52 dogs what legalities would reign if in fact something ruptured internally...
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:30:39 AM PST
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
To: frogjerk
True, but it cuts both ways. If she signed a release, then the implication is that she knew it was dangerous. And if she was listening to the station when the nurse called in, she heard what they heard. If she knew everything they knew, but did it anyway, then where does that put them?
To: GoldCountryRedneck
She worked at at Radiological office, but not sure if she was an RN.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:37:30 AM PST
by
elc
(Guns kill people the same way the spoon made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
I understand that the funeral director said the family could save a buck or two by putting "Died of Water Intoxication" instead of Jennifer Strange's name.
"But how will they know who is buried there?" asked the husband.
"That's the beauty of it," replied the funeral director. "People will look at the epitaph and say "That's Strange."
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:42:13 AM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: Brilliant
If she signed a release, then the implication is that she knew it was dangerous. And if she was listening to the station when the nurse called in, she heard what they heard. If she knew everything they knew, but did it anyway, then where does that put them? 1. One of the other contestants said that they could not hear the callers from the booth they were in.
2. I believe the release had to do mostly with publicity.
Also, another interesting thing that I heard was that the djs were discussing the Chico case while on the air...It seems that there is a fair amount of ammo that a defense attorney for the djs may have to contend with...we'll see what happens here.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:45:01 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
Let's start suing people for being stupid. How come we can't sue lefties, then?
To: frogjerk
"THEY ARE SCREWED!"Really? Maybe if ALL the contestants died, sure. Then we can say that such an activity is dangerous. But one person? Out of how many?
Was she the winner? If not, then others drank more than she did! And they didn't die, did they?
How is the radio station supposed to be at fault? Personal responsibility, people.
To: No Truce With Kings
Need a cymbal crash after that one!!!
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:53:20 AM PST
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)
To: robertpaulsen
The interesting thing is that she did stop drinking and still died.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:57:02 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: robertpaulsen
How is the radio station supposed to be at fault? Personal responsibility, people.
Personal responsibility is a thing of the past.
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:59:01 AM PST
by
John D
To: robertpaulsen
Personal responsibility, people. And where is this "personal responsibility" you speak of on the part of the DJs at the radio station? Are they not required to have any for the purpose of ratings?
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posted on
01/18/2007 11:59:46 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(REUTERS: We give smoke and mirrors a bad name)
To: GoldCountryRedneck
***The station (FM 107.4 out here) is a hip-hop outfit; I was surprised at her age, RN background (if true) she participated.***
Three things that should have prevented this from happening to her are her age, her education level,
and her income. Looks to me from the pic that they were a family that could afford a Wii. She doesn't seem to fit the hip-hop demographic, either. Very strange indeed.
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posted on
01/18/2007 12:03:18 PM PST
by
aspen64
(Release the hounds!!)
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