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VIRGINIA ELEC. & POWER CO. v. WINESETT

Record No. 801872.

303 S.E.2d 868 (1983)

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. Anna Ruth WINESETT, Administratrix, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.H. Gromel, Jr., Richmond (Matthew J. Calvert, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Harvey B. Cohen, Arlington (Joanne F. Alper, Thomas W. Williamson, Jr., Emanuel Emroch, Cohen, Gettings & Sher, Emanuel Emroch & Associates, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON and STEPHENSON, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

COCHRAN, Justice.

Anna Ruth Winesett, Administratrix of the Estate of James Woodrow Winesett, deceased, filed a motion for judgment for damages against Virginia Electric and Power Company (Vepco). The administratrix alleged that Vepco's negligent operation and maintenance of certain electric distribution wires had caused the death by electrocution of her husband while he was trimming a tree on private property. In a jury...

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