Harris v. Florida Power & Light Co.

The plaintiff below, Blanton A. Harris, as personal representative of the Estate of Blanton Harris, deceased, etc., appeals from an adverse final judgment entered in favor of the defendant below, Florida Power & Light Company [FP & L], and from the denial of his motion for new trial. We affirm.

While performing his duties as a Metro-Dade Solid Waste employee, Blanton Harris [Mr. Harris] was electrocuted when an electrical current was transmitted from an uninsulated FP & L secondary distribution line to the waste truck that Mr. Harris was leaning against. At the time of the electrocution, a…