MEEKS v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 5D01-1805.

816 So.2d 1125 (2002)

Linda MEEKS, Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF Herbert J. MEEKS, Deceased, Appellant, v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, and BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Avolio and Tracy L. Markham of Avolio & Hanlon, P.C., St. Augustine, for Appellant.

John R. Hargrove and Robert C. Weill of Heinrich, Gordon, Hargrove, Weihe & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellees BellSouth Communications, Inc.

No Appearance for Appellees Florida Power & Light Company, a Florida Corporation.


SAWAYA, J.

Linda Meeks, the personal representative of the estate of her deceased husband, Herbert Meeks, appeals the summary final judgment entered in favor of BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. (BellSouth) in the wrongful death action she filed after Mr. Meeks was electrocuted by downed Florida Power and Light (FPL) electric wires suspended from a rotted-out pole allegedly owned by BellSouth.1 She argues, inter alia, that (1) the trial...

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