MASON v. ARIZONA PUBLIC SERV. CO.

No. 1 CA-CIV 4338.

127 Ariz. 546 (1980)

622 P.2d 493

Bob R. MASON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, an Arizona Corporation; and Fox-worth-Galbraith Lumber Company, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department C.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1980.

Review Denied January 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Langerman, Begam, Lewis, Leonard & Marks by Samuel Langerman and Noel A. Fidel, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellee.

Snell & Wilmer by Warren E. Platt, William H. Douglas, John J. Bouma, Phoenix, for defendant-appellant Arizona Public Service Co.

Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A., by Gary Birnbaum, and Streich, Lang, Weeks & Cardon, A Professional Ass'n by William S. Hawgood, II, Phoenix, for appellant Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co.


OPINION

OGG, Chief Judge.

In this appeal we must consider what duty a landowner has to insure the safety of workers at a construction site. We also must consider what duty an electric power company has to take precautions to protect workers at a construction site when it can be reasonably anticipated that persons may be endangered by its power lines.

The appellee, Bob R. Mason, brought an action against the...

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