WOODRUFF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORP. v. DANIEL

No. 5-5628.

472 S.W.2d 919 (1971)

WOODRUFF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. T. J. DANIEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellant.

Daggett & Daggett, Marianna, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

The appellee brought this action against the appellant to recover damages for injuries he sustained as a result of his contact with appellant's power line. Upon interrogatories the jury found the appellee 25% negligent and the appellant 75% negligent and assessed compensatory damages at $100,000 and punitive damages at $10,000. Based upon this finding of comparative negligence, the court reduced appellee's

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