City of Elizabethton v. Sluder

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This is a tort action based upon electrical injuries wherein the controlling question is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court therein. The jury awarded re spondents verdicts totalling $75,000.00, and they were upheld by the Court of Appeals, with one judge dissenting.

We affirm.

I

Respondent sustained serious and disabling injuries as a result of an electrical shock received while working on top of a railroad car located generally under high tension lines of the Elizabethton Electric System. He was engaged in…