Cyr v. Green Mountain Power Corp.

Plaintiff Gwendolyn Cyr appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant Green Mountain Power Corporation on her suit for damages for the electrocution of several of her cows. We affirm.

Several of plaintiff’s dairy cows were electrocuted while housed in her barn. Although the barn wiring was in some locations several years old and copper pennies had been inserted to replace fuses, an examination by plaintiff’s experts failed to discover any voltage leaking therefrom. Defendant conceded that the cows had been electrocuted, but its inspection of its lines up to the point of connection with the…