DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT v. STOUT


380 A.2d 1365 (1977)

DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT, Defendant below, Appellant, v. Charlotte STOUT, Plaintiff below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided November 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne N. Elliott, of Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

Albert L. Simon, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, Chief Justice, MARVEL, Chancellor and BROWN, Vice Chancellor.


HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Delmarva Power and Light Company, in a personal injury action which arose when the plaintiff struck her head against a metal box attached by the defendant to one of its utility poles.

The incident occurred at about 9:30 p. m., during a rainstorm, after the plaintiff left her brother's house, located on the southerly side of 14th Street, near Union Street...

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