Erwin v. Guadalupe Valley Electric Co-Op

CADENA, Justice.

This is a suit to recover for the death of Ruel Erwin, Jr., who was electrocuted when a football goalpost he and others were constructing came into contact with a 14,400-volt distribution line maintained by defendant, Guadalupe Valley Electric Coop.

Plaintiffs, the persons entitled to sue for damages resulting from such death under the provisions of Article 4671 Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., are his widow, Joyce Erwin; his surviving children, Eric Lee Erwin and Elise Ann Erwin; and his surviving parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Erwin.

The case was submitted to the jury on a…