Esko v. Lovvold

This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when a utility pole, owned and maintained by defendants, upon which plaintiff was working broke and fell to the ground. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a directed verdict.

At the time of the accident plaintiff was employed as a lineman by Cox Cablevision, which provides television programming by coaxial cable in Astoria, Oregon. Plaintiff’s principal duties consisted of installing and repairing cable on the top of utility poles, a task at which he had considerable experience. ①

Defendants own and operate a…