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WHITMIRE v. GEORGIA POWER CO.

No. A04A0826.

607 S.E.2d 213 (2004)

270 Ga. App. 586

WHITMIRE v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied March 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardy Gregory, Cordele, Francis Morris, Morris, Webster & Corless, Tifton, Bobby Lee Cook, Summerville, Preyesh Maniklal, Gregory, Christy & Maniklal & Dennis, LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.

Hugh McNatt, McNatt & Greene, Vidalia, John Reinhardt, Reinhardt & Whitley, Tifton, Robert Pennington, Atlanta, Charles Willcox, Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Louis Hatcher, Albany, for appellees.

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Charles Whitmire was electrocuted when equipment he was using to perform work on a water and sewer line project came into contact with an overhead 46,000 volt electric line owned by Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power). Mr. Whitmire was standing on the ground guiding a pipe into an excavated trench for his employer, C&B Mechanical Contractors (C&B), when the backhoe which held the pipe by a cable contacted the line and electricity...

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