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W.M. BASHLIN CO. v. SMITH

No. 82-24.

643 S.W.2d 526 (1982)

277 Ark. 406

W.M. BASHLIN COMPANY, Appellant, v. James SMITH and Janet Smith, and Arkansas Power and Light Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wildman, Harrold, Allen, Dixon & McDonnell by James W. McDonnell, Jr., J. Richard Buchignani, and Thomas J. Walsh, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., and Butler, Hicky & Hicky, Ltd. by Philip Hicky, II, Forrest City, for appellant.

Gary Eubanks & Associates by Gary L. Eubanks and Hugh F. Spinks, Little Rock, for Smith.

Barber, McCaskill, Amsler, Jones & Hale, Little Rock, for J.L. Matthews Co.

House, Holmes & Jewell, P.A. by Phillip E. Dixon, Little Rock, for AP & L.

PURTLE, Justice.

James Smith was a serviceman employed by Arkansas Power and Light Company (AP & L) on May 19, 1977. On that day he was working 30 feet off the ground on a pole, wearing a lineman's belt manufactured by W.M. Bashlin Company. The belt broke while Smith was engaged in a hazardous practice commonly known as double D-ringing. He fell to the ground injuring his spine and paralyzing him from the waist down. A St. Francis County jury returned a verdict...

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