JOHNS v. PETTIBONE CORP.

No. 86-7250.

843 F.2d 464 (1988)

Beverly Kay JOHNS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Transportation Insurance Company, Intervenor, v. PETTIBONE CORPORATION, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Clay Alspaugh, Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, P.C., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen. Counsel, James E. Fox, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Edwin W. Small, Thomas C. Doolan, Knoxville, Tenn., for Van Meter, C. Morgan, J. Leonard, W. Neperud, R. Massey and R. Padgett.

Robert M. Girardeau, Birmingham, Ala., for Pettibone Corp.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


RONEY, Chief Judge:

Beverly Kay Johns and her minor children appeal from the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to defendant employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in a suit for the wrongful death of her husband, Gary Johns. Johns was working for Combustion Engineering (CE) which was doing work for TVA as an independent contractor when Johns was electrocuted when the boom of a crane came in contact or near contact with a TVA electric...

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