Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation v. Laverl Johnson and Joleen Johnson, Husband and Wife, and Pacific Fruit Expresscompany, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1956No. 14498_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff LaVerl Johnson on November 4, 1950, received a terrific shock from electricity while working..in a transfor mer sub-station of the Pacific Fruit Express Company at Pocatello, Idaho. He, as a laborer of Pacific Fruit, had been sent by his supervisor into the enclosure surrounding the sub-station to do some painting. Not knowing that wires which were part of the lightning arrester mechanism carried a powerful load of high voltage electricity, he came in contact with one of the wires. As a consequence of this, he had to suffer the amputation of both legs below…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Hoffman v. Leavenworth Light, Heat & Power Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1914
- Chatterton v. Pocatello PostIdaho Supreme Court · 1950
- Gower v. LambMissouri Court of Appeals · 1955
- Bristol Gas & Electric Co. v. DeckardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1926
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Poston v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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