In that case every bartender and cocktail waitress in the US is screwed.

YOU are so full of SHIT that its UNBELIEVABLE.

...and there is no possible way for us to protect people this stupid from even a fraction of the stupid thing they can do.

There is no way a waiver is going to keep a person/entity from getting sued for gross negligence.

I think that Entercom (the ownership in question) probably has a team of lawyers that could defend them (the company and the individuals) from a deep pockets law suit/jail term.

As usual, it will depend on the laws of the state of California.

However, just moving up and down the dial, you can see that Entercom hires some really horrific DJ's.

Who knows?

Sometimes stupidity is lethal.

I don't think it's fair to call this woman stupid for doing this. It's not common knowledge that drinking too much water will kill you. If they had asked her to drink drano, I doubt she would have done it. While she caused her own death by participating, so did the DJs by their negligent behavior. I know this isn't France, but do you know they have laws against not helping someone that you know is in harms way? IMO, that's a noble law and wouldn't allow ppl to get away with crap like this.

Do we know that the contestants were warned they could die before the contest started?

Do we know if they heard the callers saying they could die?

I haven't read too much about all that happened, but I haven't yet seen a definitive "yes" to either of those questions.

I know the answer to this question:
Are the DJs ****ing Sick Bastards for mocking comments about the potential for death, and thus, do they deserve more than being fired? Yes!


When Darrent Williams died, anyone that suggested(while not mocking), "hanging around thugs was a bad idea" was vilified and deemed totally heartless/disrespectful. I don't want to try to find who said what over the DW death, but ppls silence over the mocking of this woman's death says enough.

Well this goes under the heading when contest goes bad. They should of done it better.

Great post KChiefer from Chambana, i agree with every word of it. I cant begin to imagine the heartbreak of the 3 little kids either, sad beyond words.

The waiver this woman signed in no way absolves the radio station of legal responsibility. That sounds crazy but let me give you an example from the industry I work in.

A carpet company sells a job to an auto dealership, carpet to be installed in their very busy showroom. The carpet dealer urges the car dealership manager to buy a carpet designed for heavy traffic areas. The dealership manager has a budget to work with and the appropriate product is way over that budget. He opts for an inferior but lower priced item. He is advised against his choice but proceeds. When the order is written the carpet dealer makes multiple notations in the contract that the product is not recommended for the application.

Some time later the carpet looks like hell. The car dealer complains, the carpet dealer tells them to pound sand. The matter goes to court and the judge rules in favor of the car dealer. Why? Because the onus was on the carpet dealer as the expert in the matter. The carpet dealer, in that instance, should have walked away from the job according to the judge.

Opinion I - That waiver ain't gonna mean shit when it gets to court.

Opinion II - A radio station is a business and businesses are meant to make money. Causing illness or death to your customers (listeners) is probably a bad idea. No matter what you think about the dead woman, surely you'd admit that the manager of that station was asleep at the wheel. Part of a manager's job is keeping his company out of situations with potential liability, the manager of that station failed badly.