Professor Perschbacher Comments on Wrongful Death Judgment for KCRA-3
Former Dean Rex Perschbacher commented for a KCRA-3 news broadcast on a Sacramento jury's decision to award $16.6 million to the family of Jennifer Strange, who died after participating in a water-drinking contest on the KDND 107.9 "Morning Rave" radio program. In a decision expected to have a ripple effect throughout the radio industry, the jury held Entercom Sacramento LLC responsible in the wrongful death action.
"I believe that was the jury signaling they believe that the people who knew better, the people who understood this competition and provided the prize, had to be responsible for the people they attract to it and have to take extra care," said Professor Perschbacher.
Professor Rex Perschbacher was Dean of the Law School from 1998 to 2008, and before that served as Associate Dean from 1993-1998. He has taught at UC Davis since 1981 with an emphasis on the areas of Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility, and clinical teaching. He received the law school's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992, and a Special Citation Affirmative Action and Diversity Achievement Award in 2001.
KCRA-3 News segment
