CAMPBELL v. ALABAMA POWER CO.

88-1052.

567 So.2d 1222 (1990)

Larry Thomas CAMPBELL and Cathy Campbell v. ALABAMA POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Clay Alspaugh, Robert D. Word III and Barry W. Hair of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, Gadsden, for appellants.

John P. Scott, Jr., T. Dwight Sloan and Martha P. Boyd of Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, and Billy L. Church of Church, Trussell & Robinson, Pell City, for appellee.

Michael Gillion and M. Kathryn Knight of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Ass'n.


ALMON, Justice.

Larry and Cathy Campbell1 filed an action against Alabama Power Company and others for damages and injuries sustained when Campbell came in contact with an electric power line. The complaint alleged that Alabama Power was negligent in the maintenance and location of a power supply line over a public road. This appeal is from a judgment based on a directed verdict in favor of Alabama Power.

At the time of the accident...

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