Adams v. Kentucky & West Virginia Power Co.

Litz, President :

Defendant prosecutes error to judgment of the circuit court upon a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $20,000.00, the action being in trespass on the case for personal injury.

The defendant produces by steam power, in Logan and Mingo counties, West Virginia, large quantities of electricity which it distributes' for sale over a system of high voltage wires through counties of this State and into Pike county, Kentucky. June 10, 1923, the plaintiff sustained serious personal injury in the employ of defendant as lineman and electrician on its interstate electrical system from…