Last week, Sacramento mother of three Jennifer Strange entered a radio contest on KDND to try to win a Wii console. The contest involved drinking large amounts of water. Strange later died of water intoxication.
Sacramento attorney Roger Dreyer told Sacramento Bee, “There isn’t going to be a settlement. There’s going to be a venting in a public forum. That’s what we want, and that’s what the family wants.â€
He said the radio station had been “pushing an irresponsible, ill-advised contest†and would be named in the suit alongside employees directly responsible for the promo. He added that Nintendo “might†be named but only if they played a part in the promo.
Although Nintendo has not issued a statement about the tragedy, it seems highly unlikely that the company would knowingly involve itself in such a bad stunt.
