Locke v. Benton & Bowles, Inc.

The defendant moves under rule 106 of the Rules of Civil Practice for an order dismissing the complaint upon the *632grounds that it fails to state a cause of action. The cause of action, if any, as presented by the complaint arises from a radio broadcast made by one Floyd Gibbons through station WLW of Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 28, 1937, purporting to describe conditions caused by the floods in that section. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant, an advertising corporation, employed the plaintiff, a newspaper reporter and newswriter active in radio work, having established a reputation for…