WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT TO BE FILED AGAINST KDND Keith Berman – Radio and Records Sacramento law firm Dreyer, Babich, Buccola & Callaham will file a wrongful death suit against Entercom CHR/top 40 KDND (107.9 The End)/Sacramento on behalf of the family of Jennifer Strange. As you well know by now, Strange died Jan. 12 after taking part in The End's "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest.
Firm partner Roger Dreyer told R&R that he plans to file suit against Entercom, The End, the fired jocks and "management-level folks who we believe were involved in the decisionmaking process to proceed with this ill-advised contest," but may also extend the suit to include anyone associated with the stunt, including Wii manufacturer Nintendo. He also said the Strange family hopes that "because this case has gotten national exposure, this will send a real strong message about trash radio like this."
"The conduct of the radio station, the personnel of the radio station were obviously irresponsible, poorly advised and, from everything we've been able to determined so far in our investigation, demonstrates that they just didn't pay attention or even take the time to investigate or even research what was the potential consequence of this contest," said Dreyer.
Meanwhile, members of the now-fired "Morning Rave" have posted messages on their MySpace profiles regarding the incident: "At this time we would like to express our deepest condolences to the family of Jennifer Strange. We want to thank all of our listners [sic] for their continued support ... and we ask that you join us by keeping Jennifer and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Lukas, Maney and Trish." |