Legal Opinion
Manaia v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1959No. 7786PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
Two employees of a paving contractor were killed and five others injured when the boom of a crane with which they were working was brought so close to high voltage wires that the current arced to the crane’s cable and was conducted to the ground through the bodies of the unfortunate men who were touching the crane’s metal load. Apparently because the deaths and injuries were compensa-ble under Maryland’s workmen’s compensation act, M.G.L.A. c. 152, § 1 et seq., these actions for wrongful death and personal injury were brought, not against the paving contractor whose…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dick v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Le Vonas v. Acme Paper Board Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
- Burcham v. J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Brown v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1900
- Albert Banks v. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, and Ninnie Brothers, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Eastern Shore Public Service Co. v. CorbettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Gillotte v. Omaha Public Power DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1970
- Munn v. Mutual Services Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1980
- Eastern Shore Public Service Co. v. CorbettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- George Manaia v. Potomac Electric Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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