Lawsuit of the Day: 'Hold Your Wee for a Wii'

In 2007, a Sacramento radio station held an ill-fated “Hold your Wee for a Wii” contest. Participants had to drink massive amounts of water and then hold it in to win the video game system. They were asked to drink eight 8-ounce bottles every 10 minutes, followed by 16-ounce bottles every 10 minutes, over a three-hour period. Jennifer Strange, 28, a mother of three, died as a result of the contest, of water intoxication.
Strange’s death has resulted in a waterfall of lawsuits. From the Sacramento Bee:

Since the contest, the radio station’s owners have fired 10 people, including the DJs involved; Strange’s fellow contestants developed what they say is an irrational fear of water and sued the broadcaster; Strange’s husband and children filed their own wrongful-death suit; and lawyers involved have submitted thousands of pages of claims and counterclaims.

Those suing say they have myriad problems: limited ability to drink water, trouble listening to the radio, sleeplessness, anxiety, depression, and the inability to ever play the Wii.
Even the winner of the Wii emerged a loser….

The winner of the contest, Lucy Davidson, said she was terribly sick afterward and vomited while still at the station. Now, she says, she can’t listen to the radio because she is afraid of contests, and in her job at Wal-Mart she experiences “an inappropriate emotional reaction” when she sees someone put bottled water in their carts.
“I have come to realize that in a way I fear water,” she said in a June declaration.

While Davidson’s bladder has shown itself capable of handling copious amounts of liquid, will her lawsuit hold water?
Survivors say stunt left them twisted [Sacramento Bee]

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