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HEATHCOAT v. POTTS

Nos. 84-7805, 85-7288.

790 F.2d 1540 (1986)

Maggie Bell HEATHCOAT, as Administratrix for the Estate of Leonard James Heathcoat, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Karl POTTS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, James E. Fox, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Robert C. Glinski, Ralph E. Rodgers, Tenn. Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

W. Lee Pittman, Emond & Vines, Kathryn H. Sumrall, Elizabeth P. Jones, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise from the death of Leonard Heathcoat while he was employed by TVA in Muscle Shoals, Alabama under a personal services contract for temporary work.

Heathcoat was working on the dismantling of a building at TVA's National Fertilizer Development Center. His job was to cut steel supports below the roof as part of the effort to remove the roof. He went upon the roof to help pry loose concrete slabs, and pried...

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