Green v. Alabama Power Co.

Curtis Green was electrocuted when his head contacted a 7,200-volt power line owned and maintained by Alabama Power Company ("APCo"). Charlotte Green, administratrix of his estate, appeals from an adverse judgment based on a directed verdict in favor of Storer Cable Communications, Inc. ("Storer"), and on a jury verdict in favor of APCo and the Town of Slocomb, Alabama, in an action seeking damages for wrongful death. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

On June 4, 1988, Curtis Green and his employer, Dallas Hilliard, were moving a building through the Town of Slocomb. Mr. Hilliard…