Portland General Electric Co. v. Jungwirth Logging, Inc.

*791ARMSTRONG, J.

Defendant Jungwirth Logging, Inc. (JLI) appeals a summary judgment in favor of plaintiff Portland General Electric Company (PGE). We affirm.

The following facts are undisputed. JLI employed Mike Hartsell to work on a logging crew. In February 1994, Hartsell was electrocuted when a crew member threw a wire rope over a high voltage PGE power fine, causing it to ground on equipment that Hartsell was touching. JLI had not notified PGE of its logging activity and had not guarded effectively against accidents involving the high voltage power line, even though it was required to do both…