Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Barnes

HAVERFIELD, Judge.

Defendants Southern Bell and Bumup & Sims, Inc. appeal a summary judgment as to the issue of liability entered in favor of plaintiff Lawrence Barnes in this personal injury action.

Lawrence Barnes filed a complaint and an amended complaint naming as defendants Southern Bell, Burnup & Sims, Fred Rust, Edward Toy and Florida Power & *102Light Company1 to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of electric shock. Burnup had contracted with Southern Bell to lay telephone cables and wire on U.S. Highway No. 1 at Naranja Lakes. Barnes was an employee of Leonard Brothers…