Caldwell v. Ohio Power Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LAMBROS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendant’s motion, filed December 29, 1988, for a new trial and/or amendment of judgment. This is a negligence action brought under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 by virtue of diversity of citizenship. Plaintiff Scott Caldwell, who was eight years old at the time, suffered extensive burns and lost most of his right foot as the result of his coming in contact with a 7200-volt uninsulated sagging power line owned by defendant. (The claim of the other plaintiff, Scott’s father, for the loss of his son’s services and for…