Legal Opinion
Manaia v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 18, 1958No. Civ. A. No. 9057PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.
From adverse judgments on jury verdicts for personal injuries to five of the plaintiffs and for the deaths of two other persons,1 from current transmitted through the boom of a crane which came into close proximity with a power line of the defendant, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), that company in due time moved for judgment n. o. v. or in the alternative for a new trial. It will therefore be necessary to review the facts in the aspects most favorable to plaintiffs, and determine whether they afford a reasonable basis for the verdicts, in light of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Le Vonas v. Acme Paper Board Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
- Burcham v. J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
- Hayden v. Paramount Productions, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1939
- Babylon v. ScrutonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Stackpole v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Ferriss v. CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASS'N., INC.Alaska Supreme Court · 1976
- Manaia v. Potomac Electric Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
- Union Trust Co. v. Kansas City Life InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1961
- Arlo Weisser, Individually and as Trustee of the North Dakota Workmen's Compensation Bureau v. Otter Tail Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- George Manaia v. Potomac Electric Power CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959