04-21-2022, 10:15 PM
A woman died many years ago drinking too much water in an attempt to win a radio station contest. Family sued the station and IIRC won the lawsuit.
I remember hearing about that when it happened.
She was trying to win a game console for her son.
Almost nobody new water poisoning was a thing, and a lot of people made stupid comments about her being greedy and that basically she got what was coming to her.
A/Hs.
A listener who was a nurse (RN?) called in to say what they were doing was dangerous, and one of the radio employees said something to the effect 'It's ok, they signed waivers'.
A/H.
Nobody else listening seemed to know enough about water poisoning to put a stop to the contest.
The woman when home, and later died.
I remember hearing about that when it happened.
She was trying to win a game console for her son.
Almost nobody new water poisoning was a thing, and a lot of people made stupid comments about her being greedy and that basically she got what was coming to her.
A/Hs.
A listener who was a nurse (RN?) called in to say what they were doing was dangerous, and one of the radio employees said something to the effect 'It's ok, they signed waivers'.
A/H.
Nobody else listening seemed to know enough about water poisoning to put a stop to the contest.
The woman when home, and later died.