Lemming v. J. P. Roberts & Sons, Inc.

Hall, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by Mrs. Pauline Lemming, mother of Jimmy Lemming, deceased, from a jury verdict for defendants in a negligence case arising out of Lemming’s electrocution on a construction job in 1967.

The three defendant-appellees are J. P. Roberts & Sons, Inc., (hereinafter, "Roberts”) the general contractor on the construction job in Rome, Georgia; Peugh Electric Company, Inc., and Central Electric Company, Inc. (hereinafter, "Peugh” and "Central”) electrical subcontractors on the job.

A careful review of the more than 400 pages of trial transcript reveals that…