CRUM v. ALABAMA POWER CO.

87-608.

542 So.2d 1226 (1989)

Randy J. CRUM and Sheila D. Crum v. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. Irby, Eufaula, for appellants.

William P. Cobb II of Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal, from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Alabama Power Company ("Alabama Power"), presents the issue whether the trial court's jury instruction on "intervening and independent cause" requires a reversal of the judgment and a remand of the cause for a new trial. We hold that it does.

It is undisputed that on November 6, 1985, while Alabama Power employees were replacing a 35-foot utility pole with a 75-foot...

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