Howard v. Washington Water Power Co.

September 18, 1939, claimant, William R. Howard, was employed by the Washington Water Power Company as a common laborer near Cottonwood, Idaho, on a line crew rebuilding a transmission line carrying an alternating current of 22,000 kw.' On that day the crew was setting a pole with the aid of a truck, equipped with a twenty-five foot boom and stiff legs, which at the time were resting on the ground. When the pole was being lowered into a hole six or seven feet deep a ground wire attached to it came in contact with the current which was transmitted to the ground through the truck. Claimant was…