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TURNER v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 3-86-0202.

651 F.Supp. 233 (1986)

Nancy TURNER, next kin of Farrell W. Turner, and personal representative of the Estate of Farrell W. Turner, Plaintiff, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Owner of the LUCY E, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

December 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jan Jennings, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, James E. Fox, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Thomas C. Doolan, James G. Touhey, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff's decedent, Farrell Turner, was killed when he was lost overboard from the Lucy E, on which he labored for his employer the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). According to the complaint, TVA maintained the Lucy E in an improper and negligent fashion, with the result that the ship was an unsafe workplace lacking appropriate safety appliances and devices. The complaint further alleges that these conditions had been...

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