FITTS v. CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO.


562 A.2d 690 (1989)

Scott D. FITTS v. CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Mitchell (orally), Augusta, Mark S. Kierstead, Waterville, for plaintiff.

Kristin A. Gustafson, Phillip E. Johnson (orally), Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Augusta, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiff, Scott D. Fitts, appeals from a judgment for the defendant, Central Maine Power Company (CMP) entered following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Brody, C.J.). Fitts, a Fairfield Police detective, alleged in his complaint that CMP negligently failed to disconnect the electrical power to a burning building and, as a result, he received an electrical shock when he entered the building to investigate a possible...

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