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APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY v. MATTHEWS

120 S.E.2d 291 (1961)

202 Va. 747

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY v. J. Aubrey MATTHEWS, Administrator of the Estate of Gilbert David Heath, Deceased. HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY, Incorporated v. J. Aubrey MATTHEWS, Administrator of the Estate of Gilbert David Heath, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Hoge, Marion (Ralph R. Repass, Marion, on brief), for plaintiff in error Appalachian Power Co.

Francis W. Flannagan, Bristol, for plaintiff in error Home and Auto Supply Co., Inc.

Ralph L. Lincoln, J. Aubrey Matthews, Marion, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.

EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

J. Aubrey Matthews, administrator of the estate of Gilbert David Heath, deceased, has recovered a verdict and judgment of $10,000 against Appalachian Power Company and Home and Auto Supply Company, Incorporated, for damages for the wrongful death of Heath, who, while engaged in the construction of a building, was electrocuted when he came in contact with an energized wire owned and operated by the first-named defendant and a television cable...

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