Driver v. Potomac Electric Power Company

Hornüy, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, where a workman (Arthur L. Driver) was injured when the boom of a well-digging rig came into contact with an electric transmission line while he and a co-worker 1 were operating the rig on the right of way of a power company (Potomac Electric Power Company), the question is whether the lower court erred in entering judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff.

The plaintiff in essence alleged that the defendant was negligent in the construction and maintenance of its right of way and the poles and wires…