SNYDER v. BEAM


380 A.2d 1374 (1977)

Robert C. SNYDER, Administrator for the Estate of Ella Hearn, Plaintiff, v. Ronald R. BEAM, James R. Carr and Joseph McCaffery, doing business as Carr & McCaffrey and Carr & McCaffrey, a partnership, Carrie Hitchens and Anthony Hitchens, Defendants. Ethel Mae WEBB, Plaintiff, v. Ronald R. BEAM, Harold R. Beam, James R. Carr and Joseph McCaffrey, doing business as Carr & McCaffrey and Carr & McCaffrey, a partnership, Anthony Hitchens and Carrie Hitchens, his wife, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

Decided November 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Agostini of Roeberg & Agostini, P. A., Wilmington, for plaintiff, Robert C. Snyder, Administrator for the Estate of Ella Hearn.

Richard H. Schliem, III, Wilmington, for plaintiff, Ethel Mae Webb.

Clifford B. Hearn, Jr., and Henry A. Heiman of Balick & Hearn, P. A., Wilmington, for defendants, James R. Carr and Joseph McCaffrey, doing business as Carr & McCaffrey and Carr & McCaffrey, a partnership.

Frank J. Miller of Miller & Foulk, Wilmington, for defendants, Ronald R. Beam and Harold R. Beam.

Mason E. Turner, Jr., of Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, for defendants, Carrie Hitchens and Anthony Hitchens.


WALSH, Judge.

These companion actions arose out of a multiple vehicle accident which occurred on August 13, 1974. Among the drivers named as defendants in both actions was Ronald R. Beam who was operating an automobile purportedly owned by his father, Harold Beam. Both complaints allege that, at the time of the accident, Ronald R. Beam was the agent or employee of Carr and McCaffrey, a partnership, and was engaged in the...

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