Legal Opinion

Bridges v. Wyandotte Worsted Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 8, 1963No. 18093PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Lewis, Justice.

This action was instituted in the Court of Common Pleas against the defendant Wyandotte Worsted Company to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff Bridges from an electrical shock received while engaged, as an employee of P. E. Collins Electric Company, in the replacement of an electric transmission line of the defendant at its plant in Greenville County. Collins Electric Company had contracted with the defendant to do the work and the plaintiff Bridges was a member of the crew assigned by Collins to do the job. This appeal is by the plaintiff from an order of the lower…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Marchbanks v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  3. McDowell v. Stilley Plywood Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
  4. Adams v. Davison-Paxon Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1957
  5. Tedars v. Savannah River Veneer Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1943

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Sabb v. South Carolina State UniversitySupreme Court of South Carolina · 2002
  2. Burgess Ex Rel. Burgess v. GibbsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
  3. Young v. WarrSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969
  4. Guthrie v. BardaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  5. Carrier v. Westvaco Corp.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1992

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