O'CONNOR v. DIAMOND STATE TELEPHONE CO.


503 A.2d 661 (1985)

Sean K. O'CONNOR, Plaintiff, v. The DIAMOND STATE TELEPHONE COMPANY, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Storer Cable Communications, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, General Television, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, and General Television of Delaware, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, Kent County.

Decided: September 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Vaughn, Jr., Vaughn & Vaughn, Dover, for plaintiff.

Douglas B. Catts, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, for defendants.


BUSH, Judge.

This is the Court's decision on defendants' motion for summary judgment in an action for personal injuries sustained in a work-related accident. The issues presented are whether the facts, when viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, prove as a matter of law that (1) the defendants owed no duty to the plaintiff, and (2) the plaintiff was contributorily negligent.

Plaintiff was a lineman employed...

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