[gridlock]

Public outcry will likely yield a settlement, signed waiver or not.

If there is negligence, a signed waiver is worthless. You cannot protect youself from you own negligence by having somebody sign a form.

And this is waaaaaay beyond negligence. This is knowing, willful, malicious, etc. You can't waiver you way out of that.

[July 4th]

And this is waaaaaay beyond negligence. This is knowing, willful, malicious, etc. You can't waiver you way out of that.

Bingo. The station's insurers will settle for a significant portion of the policy limits, perhaps the entire policy limit. No attorney is dumb enough to let this case get to a jury, not with the sort of things that would make it into evidence.