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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.
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