Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Blanchard

PrESCOTT, C. J.-,

delivered the majority opinion of the Court. HornEy, OppEnheimer and Barnes, JJ., dissent. Dissenting opinion by HornEy, J., at page 492 infra.

In this tort action brought by Rudolph ,W. Blanchard (plaintiff-appellee) against the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. (defendant-appellant) for the injuries he sustained when a television antenna he was holding came in contact with an uninsulated electric wire belonging to the cooperative, the jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $25,000 and the defendant appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

Several…