CITY OF ELIZABETHTON v. SLUDER


534 S.W.2d 115 (1976)

CITY OF ELIZABETHTON, Tennessee, and Elizabethton Electric System, Petitioners, v. Richard SLUDER and wife, Dianne Sluder, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy C. Nelson, Allen & Nelson, Murrell Snell, John K. Banks, Walter A. Curtis, City Atty., Elizabethton, for petitioners.

Rondal B. Cole, Dugger & Cole, Elizabethton, for respondents.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This is a tort action based upon electrical injuries wherein the controlling question is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court therein. The jury awarded respondents verdicts totalling $75,000.00, and they were upheld by the Court of Appeals, with one judge dissenting.

We affirm.

I.

Respondent sustained...

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