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DELAWARE ELEC. CO-OP., INC. v. DUPHILY

No. 521, 1996.

703 A.2d 1202 (1997)

DELAWARE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Darryl DUPHILY and Delaware Insurance Guaranty Association, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, and Simmons Communication Company and Mid-Shore CATV, Inc., Cross-claim Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: November 20, 1997.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Akin, Sawyer, Akin & Herron, P.A., Wilmington, for Appellant.

John S. Grady, Grady & Hampton, P.A., Dover, for Appellee Darryl Duphily.

James T. Perry, Wilmington, for Appellee Delaware Guaranty Insurance Association.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.

WALSH, Justice.

In this appeal from the Superior Court, we consider whether a jury verdict finding an electric cooperative to be solely liable for injuries to an employee of a mobile home installation company is against the great weight of the evidence. We also consider whether the jury's award of damages was excessive. We conclude that, under the circumstances of this case, the jury's findings on proximate causation, specifically...

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