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WILSON v. DUKE POWER COMPANY

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273 S.C. 610 (1979)

258 S.E.2d 101

Woodrow Thomas WILSON, Respondent, v. DUKE POWER COMPANY and Milton M. Byars, Jr., Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

September 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Marion and Donald A. Harper, of Haynsworth, Perry, Bryant, Marion & Johnston, Greenville, for appellant Duke Power Co.

David L. Freeman and Carl F. Muller, of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, Greenville, for appellant Byars.

Eugene C. Covington, Jr. of Foster, Covington & Patrick, Greenville, for respondent.

September 6, 1979.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

The plaintiff, Woodrow Thomas Wilson, brought this action to recover for personal injuries suffered from burns when he came in contact with, or in close proximity to, an electrical wire and fell 17 feet from a building under construction onto a concrete floor. Defendants in the action are Milton M. Byars, Jr., owner of the building under construction and Duke Power Company, which operated a transmission power line which...

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