Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Daniel

Frank Holt, Justice.

The appellee brought this action against the appellant to recover damages for injuries he sustained as a result of his contact with appellant’s power line. Upon interrogatories the jury found the appellee 25% negligent and the appellant 75% negligent and assessed compensatory damages at $100,000 and punitive damages at $10,000. Based upon this finding of comparative negligence, the court reduced appellee’s compensatory damages to $75,000 and approved the $10,000 punitive damages. From that judgment comes this appeal.

In a multiple point appellant first contends for reversal…