New Omaha Thomson-Houston Electric Light Co. v. Anderson

Hastings, C.

In this case the intestate of the plaintiff died August 9, 1899, as a result of an electric shock received hy him while serving as a fireman in lowering a truck ladder by means of cranks. The ladder was so constructed with straps along its side that it presented metal comers capable of cutting the insulation on defendant’s wires, and it had a metal connection from the top to the bottom capable of carrying down electric currents. The wooden spokes of the wheels of the truck on the platform of which the ladder was resting constituted an insulator, and the firemen in wet clothing…