Runyan v. Kanawha Water & Light Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by C. D. Runyan, administrator of Walter Runyan, against the Ivanawha Water & Light Company. A verdict for plaintiff having been set aside, he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Beannon, Judge:
The Kanawha Water & Light -Company, a corporation furnishing electricity for public consumption in the city of Charleston, had its wires on a bridge over the Kanawha river for conveyance of electricity. Walter Runyan was an employe of the bridge company engaged in painting the bridge, and while so employed came in contact with an electric wire, and was so badly burnt by the electricity that he died. His administrator sued the Kanawha Water & Light Company, and recovered a verdict for $500-0, and the court having set the verdict aside, the plaintiff comes to this Court.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Snyder v. Wheeling Electrical Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
- Toledo & Wabash Railway Co. v. GoddardIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
- Thomas v. Electrical Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Daltry v. Media Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Peninsular Land Transportation & Manufacturing Co. v. Franklin Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Scott v. Pacific Power & Light Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1934
- Higgins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Carpenter v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1940
- Bunten v. Eastern Minnesota Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- May v. GouldingMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
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