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HAY v. MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS AND WATER DIVISION

426 S.W.2d 182 (1968)

Thomas HAY, a Minor, by his Mother and Next Friend, Mrs. Minnie Hay, and Mrs. Minnie Hay, Individually, Petitioners, v. MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS AND WATER DIVISION et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galloway & Clinton, and William I. McLain, Memphis, for petitioners.

Leo Bearman, Charles C. Crabtree, William A. Sands, Frank B. Gianotti, Jr., Memphis, for respondents.

OPINION

HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Thomas Hay, a child nine years old, climbed upon a platform supporting three electrical transformers, the property of Memphis, to fly a kite, where he suffered severe electrical burns. The three transformers were fed by primary wires and a neutral wire carrying a total of 12,500 volts between the two primary wires and 7,200 volts between each primary and the neutral wire. In some way, either by arcing or by contact, or both, Thomas...

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