WEBB v. O'ROURKE


189 A.2d 74 (1963)

William WEBB, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Patrick O'ROURKE, Joseph Conchado, Jerome Krakauskas, and William O'Rourke, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

March 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Biggs, III, and Joseph Geoghegan (of Berl, Potter & Anderson), Wilmington, for plaintiff.

Sidney Balick, Wilmington, for all defendants.


LYNCH, Judge.

Plaintiff, a scout master, took his scout troop to Thompson's Bridge in this County, on May 19, 1962, for an overnight camp out. On May 20, 1962 plaintiff received a severe beating at the hands of defendants, residents of Philadelphia. He sues for damages for the injuries inflicted on him.

Defendants had come to the camp site and were apparently celebrating the birth of a child, born to the wife of one of the defendants; seemingly they took certain...

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