Union Electric Co. v. Brown

CRIST, Judge.

Union Electric (UE) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant/respondent Henry Brown (excavator) in a negligence action brought by UE for damages to an underground electric cable. We affirm.

UE brought this action against excavator for damaging an underground electric cable which ran in an easement under a sidewalk adjacent to a house excavator was hired to demolish. UE alleged excavator failed to give notice to UE of the excavation and to obtain from UE a location of any underground facilities within the easement running through the property before excavating within the…