Crosby v. Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Wayne Crosby, a logger, was killed while attempting to secure a load of logs by means of a metal cable attached to the trailer on which the logs were loaded. The decedent had driven the loaded trailer a distance of approximately one-half mile through the woods to a road, where the trailer was to be picked up by another truck and the logs transported to their ultimate destination. The cable apparently struck a power line as Crosby was attempting to throw it across the logs, and he was electrocuted.

Appellee Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. (Georgia Casualty) is the insurer of…