Do you think it was her fault for participating in the competition or do you think the radio station and/or DJ's should be held responsible for her water intoxication death?
2007-01-17 15:43:38 · 18 answers · asked by Peanut Butter 5 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
In the end, it's the radio station that is responsible for this unfortunate death. They presented the water drinking game as a harmless, attention-grabbing stunt. It was the station's responsibility to research the game and see if any serious harm COULD a person.
Though a complete accident, the passing of a mother of three young children was senseless death.
2007-01-17 15:54:18 · answer #1 · answered by Shiomi Ryuu 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jennifer Strange Death
2016-11-11 04:46:01 · answer #2 · answered by musin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that Jennifer must have known the possible problems from drinking that much water. I knew Jennifer and she was knowledgeable about the body. It was just like her to go the extra mile for her family. It is EXTREMELY unfortunate that she lost her life and her children lost their mother.
As much as I loved the radio station morning show and all the DJ's involved. They were negligent about this. Anyone knows that forcing yourself to drink an unusual amount of water and not going to the bathroom is against nature and might possibly hurt someone in some way.
It is a really touchy subject. I think the attorneys are the driving force in the lawsuit. Jennifer and her family were never about making money off the loss of a family member and what will that serve? Jennifer will not be able to come back. A company will be dismantled and lots of people not directly involved will be out of work, etc.
Would Jennifer really have wanted all this to be the aftermath. Bottom line...it is a GREAT LOSS to Jennifer's family & friends and because of the negligence of the station lots more people will be adversly affected.
But the question from me would be is 25 million or so, or living in a comfortable house, etc. off the loss of a loved one right?
I dont know if I would be feeling guilty to live comfortably off the loss of a family member.
2007-01-19 10:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Beth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are at fault. First of all the radio station/ DJs should not have done such an idiotic contest. It sounds like they new the dangers but laughed in the face of common sense.
Most importantly it comes down to personal responsibility. Jennifer did this stunt for a Nintendo Wii. Now she leaves 3 children behind. She was much more valuable to her children than some stupid video game.
Below is a transcript of the DJs and Jennifer and other contestants discussion on the air.
2007-01-17 16:24:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on what you mean by "held responsible." If you mean "convicted of a crime," then no, I don't think the DJs or anyone else at the station will be or should be criminally liable for her death.
While the contest was clearly incredibly stupid, no one was forcing her to participate and this tragedy would only be compounded if radio station employees were sent to prison for orchestrating this contest that they apparently (although foolishly) believed would be relatively safe.
That said, I think both the radio station and the DJs will be (and should be) held liable for a rather large civil damages award in her death.
The radio station relies on its promotions to get listeners and make money. As such, they have a responsibility to see to it that their contests are at least marginally safe. I don't think any waivers signed by contestants will or should be effective in such a case. To take a slightly more extreme example, what if the radio station found some mentally unstable people to play Russian roulette on the air? I'm sure they could get listeners for such a spectacle, but would we really allow them to simply contract out of any liability in such a case? I'd suggest that we wouldn't, and shouldn't.
Similarly, the DJs had enough information to know that this contest was both wrong-headed and extremely dangerous. They alluded on the air to the fact that a fraternity pledge had died in a hazing incident a couple of years ago doing the same thing, and they acknowledged to a nurse who called in to warn them about the contest that they were aware of its dangers. As such, they can hardly disclaim all responsibility. Waivers aside, as a matter of public policy we don't allow people to simply sign their rights away like that. If we did, the next step would be that we'd get poor people signing waivers for "Let's Make a Deal"-type games where they would either be killed or get, say, a million dollars.
2007-01-19 10:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by whrimfunis 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that the radio station, and the DJ's should be held responsible at least for negligence, because the DJ's were talking about the case of a college student who had died of water intoxication. They were complete idiots in egging on the contestants, they were just going for rating points, to be on the "edge". At the very least, they should have had a nurse or a doctor standing by, just in case.
2007-01-19 04:13:09 · answer #6 · answered by Debra T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the audio feeds I've heard of the broadcast, the DJ's were trying to tell Jennifer how she was feeling (which was not good) during the contest was normal, given how much water she had drank to that point in the contest. To me, that was implicit encouragement from them for her to keep going. That comment will likely come back to haunt them in court.
I'm normally an advocate of the philosophy that the only person responsible for your actions is yourself, but in this case I think that the radio station should be held accountable for their role in the death of Jennifer Strange. If the station did not have medical personnel available to observe the condition of the contestants during the publicity stunt, then that is even more damning evidence against them.
2007-01-19 05:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by grumpy old man 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My opionion is based on info that I have. If the radio station had a signed release form that stated the risks involved then they are not at fault. However, if they never communicated to the contestants the risks of this contest they are at least 50% at fault. Why only 50%? She still has control over how much she drank. She could have stopped at any time.
2007-01-19 16:20:39 · answer #8 · answered by bored_girl_in_muskogee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that all are responsible. The thing that made me sick about it, was listening to the DJs....they KNEW about the dangers of water intoxication and laughed it off, not informing any of the contestants and saying, "Well they signed a release so we're not responsible" before she died. What a blatant disregard for human life. So yes, the djs should be accountable.
2007-01-17 18:18:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was the radio stations fault.
Even if the Dj's didn't know the risk,they had nurses calling in warning and they neglected to air there calls on line.
Then when she started feeling ill they were telling her it was normal and that she was just sick and she would probably puke.
She didn't know she could die from it!
I knew Jen and was a young energetic sweet person ! She didn't deserve to lose everything because of the negligence of some of irresponsible Dj's!
2007-01-19 05:51:07 · answer #10 · answered by lucidlife 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋