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Negligence per se, res ipsa are issues in electrical shock - $1,000,000 Settlement (access required)

By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: August 11, 2008

Plaintiff was a 47-year-old pilot for a commercial airline who spent the night at a hotel after flying a Boeing 737 to a Virginia international airport on June 30, 2005. Before leaving the next morning on a similar flight, the pilot took a shower. While washing his hair with his hands directly above his head, the ...
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