Robbins v. Old Dominion Power Company
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
This proceeding was instituted by a motion for judgment in behalf of Ricky Edsel Robbins, an infant, by his father and next friend, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the infant when he climbed a steel tower belonging to Old Dominion Power Company, Incorporated, defendant, and came into contact with a current of high voltage electricity.
The infant plaintiff, sometimes hereinafter referred to as Ricky, charged the defendant with negligence in the construction and maintenance of the steel tower carrying high voltage electric wires; and in failing to provide warning signs of the danger…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Trimyer v. Norfolk Tallow Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- Hutcheson v. Savings Bank of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Northern Virginia Power Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
- Smith v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1963
- Waddell v. New River CompanyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1956
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- Henry James Taylor, an Infant Who Sues by and Through His Mother and Next Friend, Gertrude Marie Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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