Erbes v. Union Electric Company

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

On October 1, 1957, plaintiff was engaged in his employment as an ironworker in the construction of a new Southwestern Bell Telephone building at the corner of Main and McKinley Streets in the City of Union, Missouri. Upon the date mentioned he was severely shocked and burned when a cable he was holding made contact with one of the wires of defendant’s 34,500-volt overhead subtransmission line which ran along the west side of McKinley Street. The trial of this action resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $75,000. Plaintiff entered a required remittitur of…