WEIRUM v. RKO GENERAL, INC.

Docket No. L.A. 30452.

15 Cal.3d 40 (1975)

539 P.2d 36

123 Cal. Rptr. 468

RONALD A. WEIRUM et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RKO GENERAL, INC., Defendant and Appellant; MARSHA L. BAIME, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hollister, Brace & Angle, Hollister & Brace, Robert O. Angle and Richard C. Monk for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Stearns & Nelson, Stearns, Nelson & LeBerthon, Robert S. Stearns, Lascher & Radar, Edward L. Lascher and Wendy Cole Wilner for Defendant and Appellant.

Benton, Orr, Duval & Buckingham and James F. McGahan for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

A rock radio station with an extensive teenage audience conducted a contest which rewarded the first contestant to locate a peripatetic disc jockey. Two minors driving in separate automobiles attempted to follow the disc jockey's automobile to its next stop. In the course of their pursuit, one of the minors negligently forced a car off the highway, killing its sole occupant. In a suit filed by the surviving wife and...

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