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SANTANA v. GEORGIA POWER CO.

No. S97A2055.

498 S.E.2d 521 (1998)

269 Ga. 127

SANTANA et al. v. GEORGIA POWER CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas T. Noonan, William Alford Wall, Wall & Noonan, Robert Eugene Bourne, Law Offices of Robert E. Bourne, Roswell, for Salomen Santana et al.

Robert L. Pennington, Troutman Sanders, Steven Allen Westby, Hamilton, Westby, Marshall & Antonowich, H. Lowell Hopkins, Hopkins & Gresham, Atlanta, for Georgia Power Company et al.

Hardy Gregory, Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, John M. Hyatt, Hyatt & Hyatt, P.C., Decatur, for Amicus Appellant.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

While painting an apartment building, appellants were injured by contact with a high-voltage power line and sought damages from their employer and from the owner of the power line, Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power). The pertinent evidence of record shows that appellants were injured when a metal ladder they were using made contact with an overhead electric line that was owned and operated by Georgia Power. Neither appellee nor the utilities...

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