Schneider v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

HARRY A. HALL, Special Judge.

This is an action for personal injuries by plaintiff, Harry F. Schneider, against the defendant, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, as owner and occupant of the building in which plaintiff was installing air-conditioning equipment. Plaintiff received an electric shock when he started to connect an air-conditioning unit which had been placed on an exposed electric wire. The jury awarded plaintiff $10,000 damages and defendant has appealed, assigning as error (1) the court’s failure to sustain its motion for directed verdict; (2) the giving of plaintiff’s…