[BC] KDND Verdict

[Mike McCarthy]

My other comments not withstanding, the jury clearly split this down the
middle awarding less than 1/2 of what was originally sought. It appears
the jury felt $16M of the original sought figure fell on the decedent's
lack of personal responsability to self judge her condition.

But I agree this whole thing wouldn't have happened IF the decedent AND
defandants had used a little more common sense and stopped the silliness
associated with the contest when it got down to two contestants and it ran
mroe than 6 hours. A $300 game isn't worth a life. But $16M is it seems.

MM

> I'm missing something here.
>
> Were the contestants somehow restrained?  While the idea is stupid,
> just like everything else on the radio for the last twenty years, I'm
> not seeing how the station kept her from walking away and as a result
> how they're culpable.
>
> On the surface, this looks like another blow to the concept of
> personal responsibility.
>
> Jeff/KD4RBG