Williams v. Nucor-Yamato Steel Co.

David Newbern, Justice.

In this wrongful death case, a summary judgment was entered in favor of the defendant, now appellee, Nucor-Yamato Steel Company (Nucor). The decedent, Dearl Dean Williams, was an employee of Cache Valley Electric Company (Cache). Cache had been hired to do electrical work in the construction of a Nucor mill. Mr. Williams died from electrocution as he was attempting, with other Cache employees, to ground a fence surrounding an electrical substation at the mill. A copper wire held by Mr. Williams accidentally touched a feeder lug energized with 34,500 volts.

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