Tampa Electric Co. v. Hardy

The issues in the case we are now to consider were presented by the first count of the declaration, two others having been abandoned, and the pleas oí not guilty and contributory negligence in diminution of damages.

The declaration contained the allegations in substance that Rassie Robert Hardy, husband of- the plaintiff, was in the employ of the defendant, operator of an electric light plant, in the hazardous occupation of lineman; that defendant had rejected the terms of the “Florida Workman’s Compensation Act”; that the defendant violated the duty it owed its lineman to furnish him a safe…