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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. CAPPS

86-366.

519 So.2d 1328 (1988)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY v. Kay CAPPS, administratrix of the Estate of Richard D. Capps, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Roland Nachman, Jr., and Paul A. Brantley, Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, for appellant.

J. McGowin Williamson, of Williamson & Williamson and John A. Taber, Greenville, for appellee.

ALMON, Justice.

Kay Capps, as administratrix of the estate of Richard D. Capps, deceased, filed this action against Alabama Power Company, charging Alabama Power with the wrongful death of Richard Capps. Capps was electrocuted when he raised the bed of his dump truck into Alabama Power's electrical distribution lines. The trial court entered judgment on the jury's verdict awarding $500,000 to Mrs. Capps. Alabama Power argues that the trial court

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