MALVAREZ v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

64760.

166 Ga. App. 498 (1983)

304 S.E.2d 542

MALVAREZ v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Corlew, R. Douglas Lackey, for appellant.

Herbert D. Shellhouse, Robert L. Pennington, Joe C. Freeman, Jr., Kevin C. Greene, for appellees.


BANKE, Judge.

As the appellant's husband was removing an aluminum ladder from the side of an apartment building on which he was performing maintenance work, he was electrocuted by a discharge of current from high-voltage power lines owned by the appellee, Georgia Power Company. Appellant sued for wrongful death, contending that Georgia Power had installed and maintained the lines in a negligent manner and that this alleged negligence was the proximate cause of her...

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