Dominiak v. Camden Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Beasley, Judge.

Dominiak, an ordnance equipment mechanic employed by the Naval Submarine Base in Kings Bay sued the Camden Telephone & Telegraph Company. The suit seeks damages due to injuries resulting from an electrical shock he received when lightning struck near a defense weapons facility building in which he was using a telephone. Dominiak alleges that Camden was negligent in failing to install or maintain lightning protection equipment (“arrester”) on the telephone line.

Camden denied any involvement in the installation or maintenance of the line and filed third-party complaints, alleging…