Delmarva Power & Light v. Stout

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by the defendant, Delmarva Power and Light Company, in a personal injury action which arose when the plaintiff struck her head against a metal box attached by the defendant to one of its utility poles.

The incident occurred at about 9:30 p. m., during a rainstorm, after the plaintiff left her brother’s house, located on the southerly side of 14th Street, near Union Street, in the City of Wilmington. Upon leaving the house, the plaintiff crossed 14th Street to enter her sister’s car, parked on the northerly side of 14th Street and facing westward in the…