Appeals Court Upholds Award in Dairy Farmer’s Suit Over Stray Voltage
Posted on Jul 23, 2013 in Grid & Infrastructure, Litigation | Comments Off on Appeals Court Upholds Award in Dairy Farmer’s Suit Over Stray Voltage
An appeals court decided that a Waverly, Minnesota, dairy farmer can be awarded damages from a local coop because of the effects of stray electrical currents from the coop’s transmission lines on his dairy cows. Stray electrical currents, which were conducted through the ground rather than a neutral wire connected through the farm, were found to have killed and stressed a number of cows. The amount of damages that Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association will pay is to be determined by the county. Read more here.
