KDND/Sacramento Wrongful-Death Suit Goes to Jury

RADIO ONLINE | , , | :am CT

Both sides in the wrongful death suit against Entercom and KDND-FM in Sacramento presented closing arguments on Thursday. Strange, 28, died of water intoxication in January, 2007, after finishing second in KDND (107.9 The End)'s "Hold Your Wee For a Wii," the now infamous bladder buster stunt put together by the Morning Rave.

Attorneys for Strange's husband children asked the jurors to hold KDND, and its parent company, Entercom, liable for Strange's death -- seeking between $24 and $34 million in damages.

Entercom's lawyer told the seven-man, five-woman jury that if they do find either party at fault, that it should award Strange's survivors only $4.5 million in damages. He admitted that top officials at KDND made "serious, tragic mistakes," but that they shouldn't necessarily make corporate parent Entercom Communications liable for Strange's death.