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HENDERSON v. KANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 43,177

191 Kan. 276 (1963)

380 P.2d 443

WALTER HENDERSON, Appellant, v. KANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 6, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwaine F. Pomeroy, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Wendell L. Garlinghouse, Warren W. Shaw, William Hergenreter and Carl Quarnstrom, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

Robert E. Russell, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Harry W. Colmery and Lawrence D. Munns, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff who was burned by electrical shock and severely and permanently injured on September 26, 1954, when a television mast which he was helping install came in contact with the defendant's 33,000 volt three-phase uninsulated transmission line.

This is the fourth appearance of this case. The first appeal concerned the sufficiency...

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