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DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT CO. v. BURROWS

435 A.2d 716 (1981)

DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Robert BURROWS, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided August 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mason E. Turner, Jr. (argued), of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.

Harold Schmittinger (argued) and William D. Fletcher, Jr., of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C.J., DUFFY and QUILLEN, JJ.

QUILLEN, Justice:

On March 19, 1972, Robert Burrows was assisting his neighbors, Katherine and Richard Hawkins, who were attempting to erect a television antenna on the roof of their rented house. Burrows was standing on the ground holding the antenna's base when its upper end touched Delmarva Power & Light Company's (Delmarva) uninsulated high voltage wires, one of which ran, according to Mr. Hawkins, over the eave of...

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