Bridges v. Wyandotte Worsted Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Legge, Justice.
The plaintiff Bridges, a lineman in the employ of Collins Electric Company, was injured by electric shock while engaged, in the course of such employment, in making electrical installations at the manufacturing plant of the defendant Wyandotte Worsted Company. He brought action for dam*39ages against Wyandotte, alleging that his injuries had resulted from the negligent and reckless act of Wyandotte’s master mechanic, in the course of his employment, in turning on the electric power at the plant and re-energizing the lines upon which plaintiff was working, from which the power had…
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