Lathroum v. Potomac Electric Power Co.

COUCH, Judge.

I

The Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), the appellee, is a regulated public utility which furnishes electricity to consumers in Maryland and elsewhere. 1 PEPCO contracted with B. Frank Joy Company (Joy) to provide labor and miscellaneous services for several of PEPCO’s power facilities, including the Chalk Point power plant. 2 On December 29, 1980, Joseph Lathroum (the appellant), an employee of Joy, was working as a laborer in an underground coal hopper at the Chalk Point power plant when he sustained the injury which is the subject of the present lawsuit.

The record reveals…