Legal Opinion
Smithbower v. Southwest Central Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1988No. 1230PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEL SOLE, Judge:
This is an appeal from Judgment entered August 27, 1987, in the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County, Civil Division.1 We affirm.
The instant case was filed by and on behalf of the estates and the next of kin of Timothy W. Smithbower, George A. Smithbower and George J. Boland, who were electrocuted and died when a portable grain auger (elevator) which they were moving came into contact with a high voltage overhead distribution power line. The accident occurred September 21, 1982, at the Robert C. Varner farm located in East Carroll Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Thompson Coal Co. v. Pike Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Webb v. ZernSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Schacter v. AlbertSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Weiss v. Keystone MacK Sales, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- United States National Bank v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bryant v. Tri-County Electric Membership Corp.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1994
- Estate of Zimmerman v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
- Smithbower v. SW CENT. RURAL ELEC. COOPERATIVE, INC.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- McDonald, J. v. CNX Gas CompanySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018