Legal Opinion

Florida Power & Light Co. v. Barrs

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 16, 1961No. 60-86PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HORTON, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Florida Power & Light Company, which was a defendant below, seeks review of a final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict for the plaintiff-ap-pellee in a wrongful death action. The L. E. Myers Co., also a defendant below, has filed a separate appeal.

The facts, although more fully stated in the companion appeal, L. E. Myers Co. v. Barrs, Fla.App., 127 So. 895, briefly are that the deceased was killed when the boom •of a crane contacted a high tension wire while he held the crane cable. The L. E. Myers Co. had installed and energized the high tension wires…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Richmond v. Florida Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1952
  2. Lewis v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1949
  3. Margrabe v. GravesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1957

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pacheco v. Florida Power & Light Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  2. Pacheco v. Power & Light Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. Messinger v. A. B. Chance Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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