WILLIAMS v. MITCHELL COUNTY ELEC. CORP.

Nos. A02A1406, A02A1407.

566 S.E.2d 356 (2002)

255 Ga. App. 668

WILLIAMS v. MITCHELL COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION (two cases).

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied May 24, 2002.

Certiorari Granted September 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burge & Wettermark, Frank T. Burge, Frank C. Vann, Camilla, for appellants.

McNatt, Greene & Thompson, Hugh B. McNatt, Richard S. Thompson, Vidalia, James C. Brim, Jr., Camilla, John W. Bass, Sr., Cairo, for appellee.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

These are appeals from the grant of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict for the estate and in a wrongful death action for electrocution of a farm worker who tried to disengage a neutral wire from a cotton picker and came within ten feet of a high-voltage line. The trial court granted the motion, because the court contended that the High-voltage Safety Act was violated and that the deceased assumed the risk of injury. The jury rejected the affirmative...

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