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DUNN v. EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY

No. 4025.

232 A.2d 293 (1967)

Charles K. DUNN, Appellant, v. The EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, a body corporate, and the Washington Post Company, a body corporate, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 10, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley G. McDonald, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles B. McInnis, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Betty Southard Murphy, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Patrick J. Attridge, Washington, D. C., with whom Cornelius H. Doherty, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee, The Evening Star Newspaper Co.

Harold A. Sakayan, Washington, D. C., for appellee, The Washington Post Co., James C. Gregg, Washington, D. C., was on the brief. Hugh Lynch, Jr., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee, The Washington Post Co.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, MYERS, Associate Judge, and QUINN (Associate Judge, Retired).

MYERS, Associate Judge:

Appellant suffered personal injuries when he became entangled in and tripped over a wire in the public thoroughfare in front of his home. He recognized the wire, twisted in the form of a loop, as that used to wrap bundles of newspapers dropped on the street for newsboys to deliver to neighborhood home subscribers. In filing suit against both The Evening Star Newspaper Company and The Washington Post Company1 to...

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