STANCILL v. POTOMAC ELEC. POWER CO.

No. 82-1091.

744 F.2d 861 (1984)

Raymond A. STANCILL, Allyson B. Kefauver, Personal Representative of the Estate of John William Kefauver, Deceased, Appellants v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER CO., A Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Karlin, Bethesda, Md., with whom Henry E. Weil, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellants.

Martin H. Freeman, Washington, D.C., with whom Alan S. Feld, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee. Joseph D. Bulman, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, MIKVA, Circuit Judge, and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants protest the District Court's award of summary judgment to Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) in a diversity action for damages arising out of an electrical accident in Maryland. Raymond A. Stancill was injured and John William Kefauver was killed when an aluminum ladder they were handling came into contact with an uninsulated high-voltage distribution line owned and maintained by Pepco. The District Court ruled...

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