Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Monongahela Power Co.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided February 14, 1985No. Civ. A. 83-A126PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HADEN, Chief Judge.
I. Background
The Plaintiff brought this wrongful death action pursuant to W. Va. Code, § 55-7-5, et seq., against Monongahela Power Company alleging Monongahela Power’s negligent ownership and maintenance of an electric service line proximately caused her husband’s death when the service line became entangled with, or was magnetically drawn onto, the mobile home Plaintiff’s deceased was moving beneath the line. The complaint alleged diversity jurisdiction to exist between Plaintiff, a West Virginia citizen, and Monongahela Power, a corporation…
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