Legal Opinion
Hogue v. A. B. Chance Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 28, 1978No. 50251PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice:
Plaintiff filed this action for damages for personal injuries against A. B. Chance Company and Utility Equipment Company International, Inc., the manufacturer-distributor and seller of the Pitman Hotstik. The Pitman Hotstik is an aerial basket and boom used in lifting workmen, tools and materials into the air for work on high voltage electrical lines. Plaintiff alleged the hotstik was defective in that it was not properly insulated and thus unsafe for use near high voltage electrical lines.
Plaintiff was installing new electrical transmission lines atop utility poles. Although…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kirkland v. General Motors CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Runyon v. ReidSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
- Stuckey v. Young Exploration Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
- Northrip v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Good v. AB Chance Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,928 Roberta Ann McMurray of the Estate of Dennis Ray McMurray Deceased v. Deere and Company, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Catherine Bingham v. Hollingsworth Manufacturing Co., Inc., a Texas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
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