Wood v. Public Service Co.

Wrongful death action brought by the ad ministratrix of the estate of James C. Abbott who was electrocuted on September 23, 1967, when a 40-foot extension aluminum ladder he was using at a “painting bee” at the home of Joseph and Margaret Fuller in Londonderry was in contact with a 7200-volt power line of the defendant, Public Service Company. This action together with a similar one against the Fullers (not involved in this transfer) were tried before a jury following a view. The jury disagreed in both cases and a mistrial was declared by Flynn, J. The company’s exceptions to the denial of…