Bradshaw v. General Electric Company

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

Defendant-respondent General Electric Company designed, manufactured and sold through Graybar Electric Company certain automatic oil circuit reclosers to the Alamo Power District. This action involves malfunction of the recloser installed on the crossarm of a power pole at Hiko Junction. An automatic oil circuit recloser is designed to de-énergize the power line in the event of a short or fault on the line. It can also be operated manually. A handle may be pulled to a near vertical position to open the recloser and de-energize the line.

The appellant, Lewis W.…