THOMAS v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 84-5472.

769 F.2d 367 (1985)

Kathy THOMAS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Martin Duane Thomas, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Berger, argued, Berger & Berger, Evansville, Ind., John Hoffman, Sheffer, Hoffman, Neel & Wilson, Henderson, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles W. Van Beke, argued, Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., General Counsel, James E. Fox, Associate Gen. Counsel, Melvin L. Harper, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., Marvin P. Nunley, McCarroll, Nunley & Hartz, Owensboro, Ky., for defendant-appellee.

Before MERRITT and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Kathy Thomas appeals from summary judgment granted as a matter of law by a District Judge in the Western District of Kentucky against her claim for damages arising out of her husband's death. It is appellant's contention that there were fact issues requiring a jury trial of her complaint against appellee Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

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