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DOBBS v. ALABAMA POWER CO.

87-823.

549 So.2d 35 (1989)

Joseph G. DOBBS, Jr., and Amy Dobbs v. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eason Mitchell, Alabaster, and Spencer Bachus, Birmingham, for appellants.

Steven F. Casey of Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, for appellee.

SHORES, Justice.

The trial court entered for the defendant, Alabama Power Company, a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), after a jury had returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $175,000. The basis for the case was a sailboat accident on Lake Logan Martin. Joseph G. Dobbs was injured when the mast of the sailboat that he and his wife were operating came into contact with high voltage power lines. Dobbs was badly shocked and has since undergone...

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