FLORIDA POWER CORP. v. BARRON

No. 85-1086.

481 So.2d 1309 (1986)

FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Charlie BARRON and Charlie M. Barron, Husband and Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Chumbris, Jeffrey S. O'Brien, and Kirk S. Davis of Greene & Mastry, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Dale A. Johnson and Stephen J. Powell of Fisher & Sauls, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellees.


HALL, Judge.

Appellant, Florida Power Corporation, appeals a final judgment that awarded appellee, Charlie Barron, $2,000,000 in damages for injuries he sustained as a result of a fall from a roof. Appellee, a roofer, was removing metal materials from a job site when one of the items touched appellant's overhead power line and shocked appellee. The record reflects that the power line was located six feet diagonally from the edge of the roof and that, at the least...

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