Legal Opinion
Wilburn v. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 3, 1991No. 58315PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dyke, Judge.
On June 18, 1984, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Greater Cleveland area. Defendant-appellant, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company received the warning from the Weather Service and decided to hold over several crews in case of storm damage to its operations. The warning was cancelled at 3:30 p.m., but at approximately 4:00 p.m. a violent thunderstorm descended upon the Cleveland area. A large number of power wires were ripped down all over the area and service was disrupted to thousands of customers. At…
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