Electrocution Accidents

• Author: Larry Booth/Roger Booth
• Pages: 285-314

8-1 (Rev. 2, 11/13)

Chapter 8

ELECTROCUTION ACCIDENTS

I. THEORIES OF LIABILITY AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES

§8:01 Negligence

§8:02 Parties

§8:03 Duty of Utilities

§8:04 Typical Scenarios

§8:05 Essential Vocabulary: Grounding and Arcing

§8:06 Effect of Public Utility Rules, OSHA Regulations and Local Statutes

§8:07 Affirmative Defenses

II. INTERVIEW AND INVESTIGATION

§8:20 Form: Interview of the Plaintiff

§8:21 Investigation of the Scene

§8:22 Review of Public Records

§8:23 Interviews With Witnesses

III. PLEADINGS

§8:30 Form: Complaint—Electrocution Case

§8:31 Form: Answer—Electrocution Case

IV. WRITTEN DISCOVERY

A. Interrogatories

§8:40 General Information About Plaintiff’s Written Discovery

§8:41 Form: Interrogatories to Defendant Utility Company

§8:42 Form: Interrogatories to Defendant Building Owner or Factory Owner

§8:43 Form: Interrogatories to Defendant Billboard Owner

B. Requests for Production

§8:50 Form: Production of Documents From Defendant Utility Company

§8:51 Form: Production of Documents From Defendant Building Owner or Factory Owner

§8:52 Form: Production of Documents From Defendant Billboard Owner

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V. DEPOSITIONS

A. Preparing the Plaintiff’s Witnesses to Be Deposed

§8:60 Preparing the Plaintiff

§8:61 Preparing the Plaintiff’s Expert

B. Depositions of Defendant’s Witnesses

§8:70 Public Utility Accident Inspector

§8:71 Construction or Factory Supervisor

§8:72 The Defense Expert

VI. MOTIONS

§8:80 Motion to Produce Utility Company Records

§8:81 Motion to Produce Building Wiring Diagrams

VII. SETTLEMENT STRATEGIES

§8:90 Multiple Defendants

§8:91 Form: Mediation Brief; Electrocution Case (Example 1)

§8:92 Mediation Brief; Electrocution Case (Example 2)

§8:93 Mediation Brief; Electrocution Case (Example 3)

VIII. TRIAL PREPARATION

§8:100 Opening Statement

§8:101 Trial Notebook

§8:102 Final Argument

§8:103 Jury Selection

§8:104 Jurors to Avoid