Smith v. Home Light and Power Co.

LOHR, Justice.

In Smith v. Home Light & Power Co., 695 P.2d 788 (Colo. App.1984), a divided panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed a partial summary judgment entered by the Weld County District Court in favor of defendant Home Light and Power Company (Home Light and Power) and against the plaintiffs, Laura, Wanda, and Jeanette Smith. The partial summary judgment related to the plaintiffs’ claim that an overhead power line system designed and constructed by Home Light and Power was defective and unreasonably dangerous and that the utility was liable for the wrongful death by…