Legal Opinion
Ferriss v. CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASS'N., INC.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1976No. 2323PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
This is an appeal from the trial court’s granting of motions for directed verdicts in favor of both defendants in an action for personal injuries. The plaintiff, James W. Ferriss, was injured on November 3, 1970, when a piece of angle iron he was holding came into contact with a high voltage electrical power line. Ferriss was employed by Rotta Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (Rotta). Rotta was a contractor engaged by Defendant Texaco, Inc. (Texaco), to install metal canopies above gas pumps at Texaco service stations throughout Alaska. The accident occurred while such a canopy…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Holiday Inns of America, Inc. v. PeckAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Stark v. Lehigh Foundries, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Fitzgerald v. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Polk v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- City of Fairbanks v. NesbettAlaska Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Whittier v. Whittier Fuel & Marine Corp.Alaska Supreme Court · 1978
- City of Delta Junction v. MacK Trucks, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Mason v. Arizona Public Service Co.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1980
- Lynden Transport, Inc. v. HaraganAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Ferriss v. Texaco, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1979
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