Legal Opinion
Southern Orchard Supply v. Boyer
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 3, 1996No. A96A0747PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
This case arises out of injuries sustained by Benjamin Boyer when a metal pipe he was holding contacted high voltage wires. On May 3, 1993, Boyer was employed as a farm laborer by Southern Orchard Supply (Southern Orchard). He was assigned the task of replacing irrigation pipe that ran between two fields on opposite sides of a road. High voltage lines some 25 feet off the ground ran along the roadway. After debris was discovered in the pipe, Boyer and another worker attempted to clean it out. To force the debris out of the pipe, which was 30 feet long, they raised it on its end.…
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