Bellanca v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant, Donald Bellanca, appeals a Pulaski Circuit Court summary judgment entered on behalf of appellee, Arkansas Power and Light Company (AP&L). An employee of appellee activated the electrical power at appellant’s mobile home on September 10, 1991, at appellant’s request, and also turned the switches on in the breaker box. At the time, appellant was making electrical repairs and did not want the breaker switches turned on. A box sitting on an electric stove inside the mobile home ignited when the breaker switch was turned on; this, in turn, damaged the residence…