Legal Opinion
Burns v. Carolina Power & Light Co.
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided February 2, 1950No. Civ. A. 2194PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARING, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, John Burns, was employed at Sj plant known as Consumer’s Brick Yard in Darlington County, South Carolina. Certain high voltage lines of the Carolina Power and Light Company (hereinafter referred to as Carolina) had been built and maintained carrying electric current to and over portions of the brick yard. Burns and other employees were engaged in certain work there, and he suffered personal injuries caused by electric current. The Consumer’s Brick Yard was owned and operated by J. A. Jones Construction Company '(hereinafter referred to as Jones). '
Burns was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Westchester Lighting Co. v. Westchester County Small Estates Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Baltimore Transit Co. v. State Rx Rel. SchrieferCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
- Burris v. American Chicle Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Brown v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
- Fuller v. Southern Electric Service Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Lunderberg v. BiermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Burns v. Carolina Power & Light Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Calvery v. Peak Drilling Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1954
- Coates v. Potomac Electric Power Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1951
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