Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance v. Porterfield

Steele Hays, Justice.

This is a wrongful death case. Helen Porterfield, appellee, brought suit for herself and the estate of her husband, Vernie Porterfield, who was electrocuted on July 19, 1983, while working at the football stadium of Malvern High School. Mrs. Porterfield filed suit against Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, appellant, the public liability carrier of the Malvern Special School District. By third party complaint, Arkansas Power and Light Company was made a party defendant.

The issues of negligence and comparative fault were submitted to the jury by special…