DICKERSON v. FARMER'S ELECTRIC COOP., INC.

No. 6639.

350 P.2d 1037 (1960)

67 N.M. 23

Leon DICKERSON, Claimant, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. FARMER'S ELECTRIC COOP., INC., Employer, and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Insurer, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

April 6, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Smith & Tharp, Hartley, Buzzard & Patton, Clovis, Keleher & McLeod, Russell Moore, Albuquerque, for appellants.

Smith, Kiker & Kitts, Albuquerque, for appellee.


COMPTON, Justice.

Appellee brought this action for compensation under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act as a result of injuries sustained by him while removing a transformer from a pole on which there were energized wires carrying a current of 2300 volts of electricity.

The accident occurred February 1, 1958, while appellee was employed as a lineman for Farmer's Electric Coop., Inc. He was thereafter paid on a total disability basis for two...

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