Fitts v. Central Maine Power Co.

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiff, Scott D. Fitts, appeals from a judgment for the defendant, Central Maine Power Company (CMP) entered following a jury trial in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Brody, C.J.). Fitts, a Fairfield Police detective, alleged in his complaint that CMP negligently failed to disconnect the electrical power to a burning building and, as a result, he received an electrical shock when he entered the building to investigate a possible arson. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.

The evidence presented at trial showed the following facts. On Saturday, May 15, 1982, a…