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SOULE v. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC CO.

378 Mass. 177 (1979)

390 N.E.2d 716

PHILIP SOULE vs. MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

June 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford A. Kowal for the plaintiff.

Philip W. Riley (Peter C. Kober with him) for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

QUIRICO, J.

In 1954, when the plaintiff was eight years old, he climbed up to an electric power substation controlled and operated by the defendant's2 predecessor Weymouth Light and Power Company, and was severely injured by coming into contact with a 13,800 volt electrical wire. On November 21, 1977, a jury awarded the plaintiff damages of $230,000 for injuries from this accident and gave the following answers to three questions posed...

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