Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Southwire Tools & Equipment
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided September 11, 2015No. Civil No. 14-175-ARTPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Amul R. Thapar, United States District Judge'
In November 2013, Bobby Taylor, an electrician with Excel Mining, LLC (“Excel”), was injured while taking a voltage reading in Pike County, Kentucky/ Taylor was using a Southwire Model 11060S Multimeter when an “arc flash,” a type of electrical explosion, occurred, injuring him. R. 1-1. Taylor suffered second-degree burns to his hands, arms, and other parts of his body. Id. at 2.
Taylor claims that Excel’s chief electrician, Rick James, purchased the allegedly defective Southwire multimeter from Lowe’s Home Improvement…
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