Resendes v. Boston Edison Co.

While working in a trench at a construction project, the plaintiff suffered severe injuries when he struck an underground power line of the defendant, Boston Edison Company (Boston Edison). As a result, he sued Boston Edison for negligence. A jury found Boston Edison eighty percent negligent and awarded damages of $5,500,000 for the plaintiff’s injuries, which amount was reduced in the judgment to $4,400,000, based on the jury’s apportionment of twenty percent of the negligence to the plaintiff.

Boston Edison appeals from the judgment, claiming the following errors: (1) the judge should have…