Singleton v. JP Stevens & Co., Inc.

ORDER

WILKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, residents of South Carolina, brought this action based on diversity of citizenship, claiming actual and punitive damages resulting from injuries Mr. Singleton allegedly sustained in July, 1976 when he received electrical shock causing him to fall onto a concrete floor. At the time of his accident, Mr. Singleton was repairing a main electrical line owned by J. P. Stevens & Company, Inc. (hereinafter “Stevens”) at its mill in Walterboro, South Carolina. Stevens raises three defenses. The third defense, which is the basis of the present controversy,…