Flowell Electric Ass'n v. Rhodes Pump, LLC

Justice HIMONAS,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

1 1 This case is about a demand for indemnification under the High Voltage Overhead Lines Act (HVOLA). Uran § § 54-8e-1 to -6. HVOLA prohibits any activity within ten feet of a high voltage overhead line unless the public utility operating the line has been notified of the "intended activity" and, together with the party responsible for the triggering activity, has implemented "mutually satisfactory" safety precautions. Id. § 54-8c-2(1). If the party responsible for the activity violates HVOLA and, as a result, a person or thing comes into…