General Elec. Co. v. MacK

General Electric Company (hereinafter G.E.) appeals from unfavorable judgments in two personal injury actions.

Eddie Mack was employed as an electrical lineman for the City of Opp. While attempting to replace an insulator he was injured by electricity which arced between the two pieces of the broken insulator. He sustained second and third degree burns over 35% of his body.

The insulator had been manufactured over twenty-five years earlier by Locke Insulators, a wholly owned subsidiary of G.E., or by Locke Division of G.E.

The metal base of the insulator was attached to the frame of a substation…