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Liability of Radio Station for Husband’s Death: Duty, Breach, and Causation Explained

This analysis explores the liability of KHJ radio station in Los Angeles following a tragic incident where a husband lost his life in a car crash during a contest aimed at attracting teenage listeners. The station had a responsibility to ensure the safety of their competition, which led to a breach of duty. The concept of causation is examined to determine how the radio station's actions contributed to the tragic outcome, leaving behind a grieving wife and two children. This case highlights the importance of responsible promotion in media.

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Liability of Radio Station for Husband’s Death: Duty, Breach, and Causation Explained

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  1. Group 3 Why the radio station is liable for the causation of the husband’s death.

  2. 1.Duty

  3. 2. Breach of Duty

  4. 3. Causation

  5. 4. Damages

  6. Recapping the Sitch

  7. “The Summer Spectacular” KHJ in LA Started the “Summer Spectacular” to attract a teenage audience.

  8. July 16, 2009

  9. July 16, 2009

  10. July 16, 2009

  11. July 16, 2009 Marsha Robert

  12. July 16, 2009 80 M.P.H.

  13. July 16, 2009

  14. July 16, 2009 The passenger died, leaving behind a wife and two children.

  15. The Duty Owed Being that the radio station is a public entity and that they were attempting to attract a teenage audience, the radio station had a duty to provide a competition that was safe for teens to participate in and to not entice the teens to engage in dangerous activity.

  16. Breach of duty VS.

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