Wyrulec Co. v. Schutt

GOLDEN, Justice.

These consolidated appeals arise from a negligence suit against appellant Wyrulec Company. Appellee Richard Schutt fell and sustained injuries after touching appellant’s low voltage electrical wires. A jury verdict awarded $368,584 in damages and found appellant sixty percent negligent and appellee forty percent negligent. Appellant claims the trial court erred in refusing jury instructions applying Wyo.Stat. § 37-3-304 (Supp. 1989), the High Voltage Power Lines and Safety Restrictions Act, and Wyo.Stat. § 27-11 — 105(b)(vi) (Supp.1990), the general duty clause of the Wyoming…