Sweat v. Brunswick Electric Membership Corp.

WALKER, Judge.

On 9 November 1994, Bobby Lee Sweat (“plaintiff’) and James Francum Braswell (“decedent”) were installing vinyl siding on a house under construction located on East Second Street in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. The house being constructed was over 30 feet in height and had been under construction since July of 1994. Plaintiff and decedent were using a forty-foot aluminum extension ladder to work on a window located approximately 30 feet above the ground facing East Second Street.

Defendant’s electrical distribution lines were on poles and ran along the street. The lines were…