Phillips v. Dayton Power & Light Co.

Frederick N. Young, Judge.

John Phillips and Bonnie Thompson, plaintiffs-appellants, appeal the trial court’s judgment in favor of the Dayton Power & Light Company (“DP & L”), defendant-appellee.

I

This cause of action has its origin in an injury suffered by Roger Phillips, the son of John Phillips and Bonnie Thompson, on September 8, 1990. Roger, who was then sixteen years old, climbed a DP & L electrical transmission tower, was struck by an arc of electricity, and fell over forty feet to the ground. As a result, Roger suffered extensive injuries including burns over fifty percent of his body.

On…