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MONROE v. SAVANNAH ELEC. AND POWER CO.

No. S96G0514.

471 S.E.2d 854 (1996)

267 Ga. 26

MONROE et al. v. SAVANNAH ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Bergen, Bergen & Bergen, Savannah, Frederick S. Bergen, Savannah, for Monroe et al.

Walter C. Hartridge, Carlston Edward Joyce, Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for Savannah Elec. and Power Co.

Robert L. Pennington, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for amicus appellant.

Hugh B. McNatt, McNatt, Greene & Thompson, Vidalia.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Monroe's decedent Scott Ussery was towing a shrimp boat to Walsh's Dock on Tybee Island when a metal stanchion on the boat came into contact with an overhead power line that supplied the dock with electricity provided by Savannah Electric and Power Company. When Ussery stepped out of his vehicle, the electricity grounded through his body, the fuses installed by Savannah Electric did not blow, and Ussery was killed. It is undisputed that the electricity...

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