Collins v. Altamaha Electric Membership Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Shulman, Judge.
In August of 1974, appellants Diane C. Stanley and Stephanie K. Collins suffered electrical burns when a piece of farm equipment driven by Stanley, and on which Collins was a passenger, grazed a guy wire securing appellee-Altahama EMC’s utility pole, breaking the pole and causing electrified wires to fall on appellants. In appellants’ subsequent actions seeking recovery for their personal injuries, summary judgments were granted in favor of appellee. We reverse.
1. Although the litigants presented evidence regarding stress load capacity and the physical condition of appellee’s…
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