SAVANNAH ELECTRIC &c. CO. v. HOLTON

47507.

127 Ga. App. 447 (1972)

193 S.E.2d 866

SAVANNAH ELECTRIC & POWER COMPANY v. HOLTON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 3, 1972.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Walter C. Hartridge, Leamon R. Holliday, III, for appellant.

Downing, McAleer & Gaskin, James Edward McAleer, for appellee.

Robert L. Pennington, amicus curiae.


HALL, Presiding Judge.

The defendant in a wrongful death action appeals from the judgment and from the denial of its motions for a new trial and judgment n.o.v.

Plaintiff's son was killed, apparently by electrocution, while working near a high-voltage line belonging to the defendant power company. He was an employee of an electrical contracting business which had been hired by a bowling alley to change the light fixtures atop the twenty-one foot outdoor light...

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