COLLINS v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 71-124.

256 So.2d 7 (1971)

Malcolm COLLINS and Kay Collins, His Wife, Appellants, v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Nemec, and Joel T. Daves, III, of Burdick & Daves, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Robert C. Ross, of Burns, Middleton, Farrell & Faust, Palm Beach, for appellee.


OWEN, Judge.

Appellants, Malcolm Collins and Kay Collins, his wife, sued appellee, Florida Power & Light Company, for personal injuries they suffered from electrical shock while attempting to install at their home a television antenna which came into contact with appellee's high tension powerlines strung directly over appellants' home. The complaint alleged one count in negligence and a second count in trespass. Appellee's motion for summary judgment was granted...

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