Legal Opinion
Delmarva Power & Light Co. v. Burrows
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 19, 1981PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUILLEN, Justice:
On March 19, 1972, Robert Burrows was assisting his neighbors, Katherine and Richard Hawkins, who were attempting to erect a television antenna on the roof of their rented house. Burrows was standing on the ground holding the antenna’s base when its upper end touched Delmarva Power & Light Company’s (Delmarva) uninsulated high voltage wires, one of which ran, according to Mr. Hawkins, over the eave of the house. Hawkins further testified that one could actually grab the wires while standing on the rooftop, that the pole supporting the wires was placed approximately two feet…
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