Hilliard v. CITY OF HUNTSVILLE ELEC. UTILITY BD.

This is a wrongful death action in which the personal representative, Steve Wilson Hilliard, sued the City of Huntsville Electric Utility Board ("Utility Board"), alleging negligence and/or wantonness and nuisance. The issue presented is whether the trial court erred in entering a summary judgment for the Utility Board.

Hilliard, as personal representative of the estate of his deceased wife, Darlene Cobb Hilliard, and on behalf of his deceased children, filed this wrongful death action claiming that the negligent or wanton conduct on the part of the Utility Board caused an electrical fire that…