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COPE v. KANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 43,557

192 Kan. 755 (1964)

391 P.2d 107

HAROLD L. COPE, Appellant, v. THE KANSAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 11, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Wareheim and M.J. Carpenter, of Topeka, argued the cause, and George E. McCullough, W.L. Parker, Jr., and Reginald LaBunker, of Topeka, were with them on the briefs for appellant.

Charles S. Fisher, Jr., of Topeka, argued the cause, and O. B. Eidson, Phillip H. Lewis, James W. Porter, Peter F. Caldwell, William G. Haynes and Roscoe E. Long, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff who was burned by electric shock and severely and permanently injured on July 1, 1961, when he came in contact with the defendant's 7200-volt uninsulated transmission line. The action was tried to a jury which answered special questions and returned a general verdict in favor...

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