Georgia Power Company v. Diamond

Evans, Judge.

Edwin Elko, plaintiff, sued Georgia Power Company for personal injuries received when he came in contact with high voltage electric wires of the defendant. He alleged that he received electric shock, which caused him to fall approximately 35 to 40 feet from scaffolding on an apartment building under construction. He alleged that he was an employee of Bird (Byrd) Brothers Construction Company, a sub-contractor of Diamond and Kay Properties, and that he was "following his employment as a laborer in setting up the scaffold so that work could progress on a building on the jobsite.”

Def…