Weirum v. RKO General, Inc.
Supreme Court of California
539 P.2d 36 (1975)
Relevant factsFree
KHJ radio (owned by RKO General (defendant)) ran a summer contest inviting its predominantly teenage audience to chase and be first to locate a roving disc jockey for a prize; two teenage listeners driving erratically to outrace each other to the DJ's location forced Weirum's car off the freeway, killing him. His family (plaintiffs) sued, a jury found against one teen and the station, and the station appealed the denial of its post-trial motion.
IssueFree
Whether a party breaches its duty of ordinary care when its actions foreseeably cause a third party to act negligently, resulting in unreasonable harm.