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MERRELL v. ALABAMA POWER CO.

78-709.

382 So.2d 494 (1980)

Katharine Ross MERRELL, as Administratrix of the Estate of Richard G. Ross, deceased v. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, a Corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Boswell, Mobile, for appellant.

James J. Duffy, Jr., and Carroll H. Sullivan of Inge, Twitty, Duffy & Prince, Mobile, Harold A. Bowron, Jr., and Steven F. Casey of Balch, Bingham, Baker, Hawthorne, Williams & Ward, Birmingham, for appellee.

SHORES, Justice.

Plaintiff-Appellant Merrell, as Administratrix of the estate of Richard G. Ross, filed a wrongful death action against Alabama Power Company. Ross was piloting a small single engine airplane during inclement weather when he collided with a power line owned and maintained by the power company. The power line was located three nautical miles from the end of the runway at Bates Field in Mobile, within the area designated as the instrument approach zone...

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