Remember "Hold your wee for a Wii"?

[Bri Mad]

The court case is resolved, as of today I think:

Court awards $16.5m in 'Hold Your Wee for a Wii' radio stunt death
from Joystiq by David Hinkle

It's been a while since we've heard anything about the tragic case of Jennifer Strange, the mother who died from water intoxication during an attempt to win a Wii in KDND-FM's "Hold your Wee for a Wii" radio contest. Yesterday, a California jury finally ruled on the wrongful death suit filed by the victim's family back in 2007. Entercom Sacramento LLC, subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Entercom Communications Corp., must pay Strange's family $16.5 million after being found liable for the actions of its employees at KDND-FM.

Money certainly can't replace a loved one -- most especially not a mother. We offer our condolences to the family of Jennifer Strange and ask that you remain respectful in your comments below. Hopefully, the money will go a long way in benefiting the three children and other family members she left behind.

[CuriousKlepto]

Wow that's from a long time ago. I forgot court cases take that long.

[BrownEyedBtch]

I remember hearing clips from the airing. I remember them saying that she signed a waiver so they weren't liable, and that there were people calling in to report how dangerous it was. That's probably what lead to such a large judgment in their favor. And all she ended up with was Justin Timberlake tickets that she couldn't even use.

[Ant-LOX]

Yeah, pretty horrible.

The 16 mill will help.

[Loki74]

Originally Posted by Bri Mad

The court case is resolved, as of today I think:

Court awards $16.5m in 'Hold Your Wee for a Wii' radio stunt death
from Joystiq by David Hinkle

We offer our condolences to the family of Jennifer Strange and ask that you remain respectful in your comments below. Hopefully, the money will go a long way in benefiting the three children and other family members she left behind.

I feel bad that this happened to her, but am I the only one who thinks that she should have known better and not taken any risks when she had children depending on her? I have 2 step children and would never do anything to compromise my time with them... no mater the payoff... you cant blame the station for all of it... she would have felt she was pushing her limit and chose to go on.... I cant drink more than 2 water bottles of 500 ml before feeling sick...why would she go on?

Also you cant post this and expect people to state the obvious.

[Mikey]

dude, the kids can now have a wii and every single game / add-on available!!

[Alexandra]

How can anyone possibly be surprised? Can't figure out that coffee is hot and you shouldn't spill it in your fucking lap? Hell, you shouldn't actually try to drive and drink it. But if you do, don't worry about taking responsibility for your stupidity - sue! You know the odds are good that you'll find some "wishing for a lottery winning day themselves" jury that will award the idiot millions of dollars for being an idiot.

As far as this being a tragedy for the children...we don't actually know that do we?

[Airon]

When I heard this on the show, I remembered hearing about it, back when it happened, and I remember that the lady's last name was Strange. Meanwhile, I heard about this Strange lady, and my neighbor's name was Strange. It took alot of self-control not to walk up to him like a weirdo and tell him about how his cousin died.