Detroit Edison Co. v. Knowles

RAYMOND, District Judge.

Plaintiff’s husband, John Knowles, was electrocuted on June 6, 1943, in consequence of contact with a high tension transmission cable which dropped from a pole owned and maintained by defendant, upon an automobile driven by plaintiff.

Plaintiff alleges that as she was driving south on Telegraph Road near Detroit, she was forced to turn off the highway by what appeared to be a ball of fire descending onto the right hand side of the pavement, and that in so doing, she struck one of defendant’s poles, and that the death of her husband occurred shortly thereafter. Plaintiff…