MISSISSIPPI POWER AND LIGHT CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 51164.

374 So.2d 772 (1979)

MISSISSIPPI POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY v. Clarence B. JOHNSON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wise, Carter, Child, Steen & Caraway, Natie P. Caraway, Jackson, for appellant.

Cothren, Pittman & Ferrell, Crymes G. Pittman, Jackson, Tullos & Tullos, Raleigh, Allen & Allen, Brookhaven, L.D. Pittman, Raleigh, for appellee.

Before SUGG, WALKER and LEE, JJ.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal arises out of a case filed in the Circuit Court of Smith County, Mississippi, as a result of an accident which occurred on April 25, 1977, on the campus at Mississippi College. Appellee Johnson sustained electrical burns, resulting in the amputation of his arm below the elbow, when metal coat hangers in his hand came in contact with an uninsulated, energized power line, transmitting eight thousand volts, owned by the appellant...

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