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BURNETTE v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 72-C-82-D.

389 F.Supp. 1317 (1975)

Polly Branch BURNETTE, Executrix of the Estate of Robert Vernell Burnette and S. D. Roberts Moore, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Robert Vernell Burnette v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY v. The GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY v. WENTE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Danville Division.

February 13, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Nooe, Eden, N. C., for plaintiffs.

S. D. Roberts Moore, Roanoke, Va., for Polly Branch Burnette, Executrix of the Estate of Robert Vernell Burnette.

Charles R. Warren, Jr., Danville, Va., for Wente Const. Co.

Meade, Tate, Meade & Daniel, Law Offices, Danville, Va., of counsel for defendant and third-party plaintiff, General Electric Co.

Henry M. Sackett, Jr., Lynchburg, Va., for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

TURK, Chief Judge.

This wrongful death action was filed by the executrix and ancillary administrator of the estate of Robert V. Burnette (decedent) against the General Electric Company (defendant) on the theory that decedent was electrocuted because of the failure of defendant's employees, servants and agents to exercise ordinary care in activating electricity in the area in which decedent was working at the time of his death. Jurisdiction of this suit is based on...

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