Legal Opinion

Denneau v. Indiana & Michigan Electric Company

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 30, 1971No. 1069A173PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtStaton, J.

Ralph M. Denneau is appealing from a jury verdict which found against him on his complaint for damages. He was rising in a “bucket” connected to a boom used to clean street lighting fixtures when the “bucket” struck a seventy-two hundred (7200) volt power line. Severe electrical burns covered most of his body. Ralph M. Denneau was an employee of the N. G. Gilbert Company. He filed an action for damages against Indiana and Michigan Electric Company.

N. G. Gilbert Company had a contract with Indiana and Michigan Electric Company which provided that N. G. Gilbert was to change light bulbs and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Perry v. GossIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Hendrix v. HarbelisIndiana Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Stevens v. United Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
  4. Pierce v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1955
  5. Hoosier Cardinal Corp. v. BriziusIndiana Court of Appeals · 1964

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Plan-Tec, Inc. v. WigginsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Bagley v. Insight Communications Co., LPIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Hale v. Peabody Coal CompanyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Perry v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1982
  5. Jones v. City of LogansportIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982

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