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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. TURNER

89-408.

575 So.2d 551 (1991)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY v. Gerald L. TURNER, as administrator of the estate of Kenneth Allen Turner, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sterling G. Culpepper, Jr., M. Roland Nachman, Jr. and David R. Boyd of Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, for appellant.

Frank M. Wilson of Beasley, Wilson, Allen, Mendelsohn & Jemison, Montgomery, for appellee.

ALMON, Justice.

Gerald Turner, as administrator, filed this wrongful death action against Alabama Power Company ("Alabama Power") after his son, Kenneth Turner, who was a truck driver, was electrocuted when the rear door of his parked truck came in contact with an energized guy wire as he attempted to close the door. A jury found Alabama Power guilty of negligence and awarded Turner $5,000,000. The trial court entered a final judgment in that amount and, following...

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