Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Cockrell

DISSENTING OPINION

DENTON, Chief Justice.

I respectfully dissent.

Plaintiff was seriously injured when he came in contact with defendants’ transmission lines which crossed a public road in Hockley County, Texas. As an employee of Britt Trucking Company, the plaintiff was assisting in moving by truck certain oil well equipment along the road. He was atop the equipment which measured some 17 feet 2 inches above the ground. His job was to lift the electrical lines with a wooden stick to permit the loaded truck to pass under*232neath. While in the process of doing this, he came in contact with one or…