Chilton v. City of Huntsville

The plaintiff, Michael Patrick Chilton, appeals from a summary judgment for the defendant, the City of Huntsville, a municipal corporation d/b/a Huntsville Utilities ("the City"), in this action seeking to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by the City's negligence in constructing and maintaining one of its power lines. We reverse and remand.

Chilton, an experienced billboard poster for Patrick Media Group, suffered an electrical burn when metal scaffolding he was using to erect a poster on an elevated, roadside billboard came into contact with an energized power line that…