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Law Offices of
George H. Lyons
(602) 912-3888(phone)
(866) 912-3888(toll-free)
(602) 912-3898(fax)
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Mr. Lyons has had extensive experience in trying some of Arizonas most significant electrocution cases. In a prior period of his career, Mr. Lyons represented a variety of electrical utilities and, during that period of time, developed an in-depth knowledge of the design, operation, and maintenance of electrical systems. Mr. Lyons has been involved in overhead electric line contact cases, underground electric line contact cases, joint trench cases, transformer failure cases, and other types of electrical phenomena.
One case of recent interest involves a husband coming home late at night and realizing that the power to his home was off. He walked into his back yard to investigate what he thought to be police shining flashlights in the back alley. In the darkness he came in contact with a 7,000 volt power line that had fallen from its cross-arm assembly. The facts of the case indicate that the power line had fallen as a result of overheating and melt-through of an H-type clamp used to attach an electrical jumper to a conductor.
Another interesting case involves a street light design project that used 44 tall aluminum street light poles with 23 long side-arm extensions for purposes of providing illumination over a state highway. In one particular area, the street light pole was installed close to a 14,000 volt overhead power line attached to a 40 wooden pole. The street light was damaged by an errant vehicle and during the repair activity the repair crew was unable to control slippage of the street light pole onto the 14,000 volt power line. This accident resulted in one worker dying and another worker severely burned.
Mr. Lyons includes in his electrical litigation background significant involvement in the Arizona leading case of Grant v. Arizona Public Service Company, which eventually resulted in two Arizona Supreme Court decisions. Although the Grant decision was decided in 1981, it is still considered to be one of the leading electrical cases in Arizona and significantly changed Arizona law.
Another notable case is frequently utilized at Arizona State University Law School as an example of trial tactics and procedural strategies involved in complex electrical litigation. In Ruelas v. Arizona Public Service Company, the facts involve a young worker severely burned when the hay truck upon which he was riding brought him in contact with an electrical line that was lower than what then-existing standards required. Because the Ruelas case has been the framework of several classroom exercises at Arizona State University Law School, Mr. Lyons has frequently been asked to be a guest lecturer on the issues involved in that case.
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