Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Pacific Power & Light Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1941No. 28419PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSteinert, J.
Plaintiff, as administratrix, brought this action in Walla Walla county, Washington, to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband occasioned in Oregon and resulting from his coming in contact with a broken high tension wire which constituted a part of the power distribution system of defendant Pacific Power & Light Company, hereinafter referred to as the power company. Defendants Don Thompson and Robert Bragg were, respectively, the power foreman and the manager of the power company’s Walla Walla division. The cause was tried to a jury, except as to one issue on which, by…
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