UNINTENTIONAL TORT of NEGLIGENCE Weirum v. RKO General, Inc. Radio station KHJ is a successful Los Angeles broadcaster with a large teenage audience. To attract more teenage listeners and to increase advertising revenue, KHJ started a promotion called "The Summer Spectacular." On July 16, 1970 a popular DJ traveled in a conspicuous red automobile to a number of locations in the L.A. area. Periodically, he announced his current location and where he was planning on going next on the radio. The first listener to physically locate Steele received a cash prize. Robert, a 17 year old, and Marsha, a 19 year old, heard where the DJ was headed, but arrived just as someone else was claiming the prize. Without knowledge of the other, each decided to follow the DJ's car so that he or she would be the first person to claim the prize. For the next few miles, Robert's and Marsha's cars jockeyed for the position closest to the DJ's car, reaching speeds up to 80 miles per hour. About a mile and a half from the Westlake offramp the two teenagers heard the radio broadcast, "The DJ is headed to Thousand Oaks to give money away." The DJ's car left the freeway at the Westlake offramp. In attempting to follow the DJ, either Marsha's or Robert's car forced another car onto the center divider, where it overturned. Marsha stopped to report the accident. Robert stopped momentarily to relate the tragedy to a passing police officer, continued to follow the DJ, and collected a cash prize. The passenger in the overturned car died, leaving behind a wife and two children.

The wife sues the radio station for the wrongful death of her husband caused by the radio station's negligence. YOUR DISCUSSION QUESTION IS; DO YOU THINK THE RADIO STATION WAS GUILTY OF NEGLIGENCE?