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HOWARD v. GENERAL CABLE CORP.

No. 80-2205.

674 F.2d 351 (1982)

Shirley Ann HOWARD, Et Al., (Widow of Kenneth R. Howard, Individually and as representative of the estate of Kenneth R. Howard, Deceased, and as next friend of Vicki Howard and Timothy Howard, Minor children of the deceased), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied May 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strong, Pipkin, Nelson, Parker & Bissell, Kenneth L. Parker, James E. Montgomery, Jr., Sibley & Montgomery, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Gilbert T. Adams, Jr., Richard Clarkson, Browne & Browne, Ernest J. Browne, Jr., Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WISDOM, SAM D. JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Kenneth R. Howard was employed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company as a cable repairman in 1976 until he was electrocuted on March 7, 1977. Howard and a co-worker, Jimmy Jenkins, were sent by Southwestern Bell to assist a large tank truck in its passage along FM 1006 near Orange, Texas, by raising telephone cables that would otherwise block the vehicle's movement. This was to be accomplished through the use of an aerial lift truck...

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