Tillery v. Standard Sand & Silica Co.

HOBSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Barbara Tillery, appeals a final judgment entered upon a directed verdict for defendant-appellee, Standard Sand and Silica Company, in an action brought by plaintiff-appellant for the death of her husband.

On September 30, 1965, James Albert Tillery, the husband of appellant, was killed either as a result of an electric shock received by him while he was engaged in welding certain equipment and machinery or as a result of a fall to the ground.

The complaint alleged that the death of Tillery was caused by the negligence and carelessness of the defendant…