Campbell v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

GARRITY, Judge.

This case arises out of an accidental contact between an aluminum ladder being raised by appellant and an overhead electrical line operated by BG & E. Following a jury verdict in favor of appellant, the trial judge granted BG & E’s Motion for Judgment NOV, ruling that appellant was barred from recovering because he had been contributorily negligent as a matter of law.

BACKGROUND

On the morning of April 7, 1986, William Sieglein, Mark Jenkins, and Robert B. Campbell, Jr., respectively owner, foreman, and employee of Sieglein Roofing and Siding Co., Inc. (S.R.S.C.), arrived at a…