Carroll v. Kay

In this action the plaintiff, who was hired by the defendant to install some electrical wiring in a one-family home newly purchased by defendant, was injured when he grasped an exposed live wire which he found hanging in the attic. Since the plaintiff suffered a localized burn on his right hand which necessitated the subsequent amputation of three fingers, it is not entirely clear how the accident could have happened in the way he describes. The flow of house current through the resistance of his body could scarcely produce such an injury. It more resembles a burn such as one might sustain by…