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JONES v. APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC POWER CO.

No. 11086.

115 S.E.2d 129 (1960)

Inize JONES, Admrx., Estate of Kenneth Jones, Deceased, v. APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 12, 1960.

Dissenting Opinion July 19, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shaffer & Shaffer, H. G. Shaffer, Jr., H. G. Shaffer, Madison, for plaintiff in error.

Samuel D. Lopinsky, Arthur T. Ciccarello, Charleston, for defendant in error.

BROWNING, President.

Kenneth Jones, an employee of Harry Hatfield and Company, a contracting company, engaged in the construction of a road over the lands of the Red Parrot Coal Company, hereinafter designated as defendant, was electrocuted when the boom of a crane around which he was working came into contact with an overhead, uninsulated, 2300 volt power line belonging to the Appalachian Electric Power Company, hereinafter called Power Company. His widow, Inize...

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