Legal Opinion
Coates v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 12, 1951No. Civ. 1099-49PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEECH, District Judge.
This case is before the court on the motion of Washington Gas Light Company, third-party defendant, for summary judgment dismissing the third-party complaint filed by the original defendant, Potomac Electric Power Company, as third-party plaintiff.
Briefly stated, the facts of the case (which are not disputed by the parties) are: Plaintiff Coates, an employee of Washington Gas Light Company, was severely burned when a crane of the Gas Company, against which he was leaning, was raised and came in contact with an overhead high voltage power line of Potomac Electric Power…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Hitaffer v. Argonne Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- McKenna v. AustinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Lunderberg v. BiermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Iowa Power and Light Co. v. Abild Construction Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Jerome S. Murray v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Royal Indemnity Co. v. Southern California Petroleum Corp.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1960
- State ex rel. Maryland Heights Concrete Contractors, Inc. v. FerrissSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
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