Board of Public Utilities v. Fenton

HOGAN, Judge.

On July 5, 1979, defendant Sandra Kay Fenton was driving west along the outer road south of Interstate 44, northeast of Springfield, Missouri. Defendant fell asleep and ran off the road on the right (north) side. She struck and broke a 40-foot wooden telephone pole which was the property of plaintiff Southwestern Bell. A transformer, described in the record only as a 10 KVA transformer, was attached to the pole. The transformer was the property of the plaintiff Board of Public Utilities. It was necessary to replace the pole and the transformer and to repair and reconnect one…