BENSON v. TENNESSEE VALLEY ELEC. CO-OP.


868 S.W.2d 630 (1993)

Jim Loyd BENSON and wife, Shirley Benson, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE, Hobbs Equipment Company, Teco and James L. Clausel, Defendants/Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section at Jackson.

Certiorari Denied July 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert V. Redding, Waldrop & Hall, P.A., Jackson, and S. Craig Kennedy, Deusner & Kennedy, P.A., Selmer, for plaintiffs/appellees.

F. Lloyd Tatum, Tatum and Tatum, Henderson, for defendant/appellant, Hobbs Equipment Co.

Joe Hailey, Hailey & Seaton, Selmer, for defendant/appellant, TECO.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court July 26, 1993.

HIGHERS, Judge.

In this products liability case, Jim Benson was injured while working out of a bucket truck owned by his employer, Tennessee Valley Electric Cooperative ("TVEC"). A weld in the lower boom cylinder of the aerial device failed causing the bucket to drop six to eight inches and lunge back and forth several times. The product involved in this case is a vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating aerial...

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