CAMPBELL v. BG & E. CO.

No. 732, September Term, 1992.

95 Md. App. 86 (1993)

619 A.2d 213

ROBERT B. CAMPBELL, JR. v. BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. WILLIAM SIEGLEIN v. BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

February 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Howell (William F. Gately and Howell, Gately, Whitney & Carter, on the brief), Towson, for appellant, Campbell.

Donald F. Rogers, Baltimore, for appellant, Sieglein.

Laurie R. Bortz and Stephen J. Rosasco, Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before GARRITY, BLOOM and DAVIS, JJ.


GARRITY, Judge.

This case arises out of an accidental contact between an aluminum ladder being raised by appellant and an overhead electrical line operated by BG & E. Following a jury verdict in favor of appellant, the trial judge granted BG & E's Motion for Judgment NOV, ruling that appellant was barred from recovering because he had been contributorily negligent as a matter of law.

BACKGROUND

On the morning of April 7, 1986, William Sieglein...

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