Black Warrior Electric Membership Corp. v. McCarter

WOODALL, Justice.

Black Warrior Electric Membership Corporation (“Black Warrior”) appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for Ronald McCarter in McCarter’s action seeking compensation for injuries he sustained when he contacted a power line owned and operated by Black Warrior. We reverse and remand.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

This case arose out of an accident that occurred September 14, 2006, on State Highway 14 (“the highway”) approximately one mile south of the intersection of the highway and State Highway 60 near Saw-yerville (“the intersection”). The highway runs north…