Hills v. Ozark Border Electric Cooperative

Plaintiffs, Linden Hills and Patricia Hills, contend that a fire at their body shop was caused by defendant furnishing electricity to the shop in a dangerously defective condition in that it fluctuated to high levels of excessive voltage. It is alleged that the condition resulted from the breaking of a line, to which a ground wire had been improperly connected, near defendant’s transformer which served plaintiffs’ property. Following a jury verdict and judgment in plaintiffs’ favor, defendant appeals.

Plaintiffs’ claim was submitted to a jury on an instruction which followed MAI 25.04 (1981),…