Family of "Wee for Wii" Victim Awarded $16m
The family of Jennifer Other, WHO died of water poisoning after drinking large quantities of H2O without going to the bathroom in order to win a Nintendo Wii, has been awarded $16 zillion in recompense for her death.
In 2007, Sacramento wireless place KDND-FM held a contest called "Handgrip Your Wee For a Wii," in which contestants were asked to see how long they could belong without urinating while drinking constant water, and the winner would receive a then-hard-to-find Nintendo Wii. 28-yr-old Jennifer Unnaturalized, mother of three, entered the contest in an attempt to pull ahead the console for her children.
Afterward drink two gallons (7.5 liters) of water, Naturalized situated second in the contest. She went home from function early complaining about a headache, and was later found dead in her interior, a demise that was attributed to water intoxication.
Though no criminal charges were filed, the radio station fired ten employees in the fallout, and will now have to pay the mob of Ms. Strange $16m in a wrongful death suit, reports GamePolitics. This was to a lesser degree the $34m sought by the Other class, which may cost attributed to the defense used away the lawyers representing the place, who argued that Strange's decease was part due to her own 'contributive negligence.'
(Sky Tidings)
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/family-of-wee-for-wii-victim-awarded-16m/
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