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BALINOVIC v. EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER CO.

No. 7394.

113 F.2d 505 (1940)

BALINOVIC v. EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER CO.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 6, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin L. Newmyer, David G. Bress, and Lewis H. Shapiro, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Edmund L. Jones and George Monk, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON, and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellant Balinovic sued the Evening Star on the theory that its delivery truck, negligently driven by its driver, injured him in a collision. The question is whether the District Court was right in directing a verdict for the defendant because the driver had left his route, and his work of delivering papers, and was chasing a traffic violator at the command of a policeman who jumped on the running board and stayed there.

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