Strange Family Sues In Nintendo Wii Contest Death at Portable Planet

Strange Family Sues In Nintendo Wii Contest Death

Published by Josh Foster January 22nd, 2007 in Nintendo, Health, Wii.

Jennifer Strange Morning KDND Water Intoxication Sacramentohousewifeand mother of three Jennifer Strange entered a radio contest on KDND to try to win a Wii for her family. Hours later, she was found dead in her home of water intoxication, after reportedly drinking an inordinate amount of water as a part of the radio stunt.

Even after drinking almost two gallons, she didn’twin the Nintendo Wii; she came in second and had received tickets to a Justin Timberlake contest.

Now the family is suing, and Sacramento attorney Roger Dreyer has no intentions of settling out of court. He wants to make sure that this kind of tragedy never happens again.

“There isn’t going to be a settlement,” he said. “There’s going to be a venting in a public forum. That’s what we want, and that’s what the family wants.”

Source: SFGate.com

2 Responses to “Strange Family Sues In Nintendo Wii Contest Death ”

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1 Cody Jan 22nd, 2007 at 7:05 am

so why is the family “strange?” It’s reasonable punishment to the radio station that would host a contest that could prove dangerous.
2 SonicClang Jan 22nd, 2007 at 12:39 pm

I think you meant “Justin Timberlake CONCERT”, not contest

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