ELLIS v. CHASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 93-6465.

63 F.3d 473 (1995)

Jere ELLIS, as Administrator of the Estate of Jere Martin Ellis, Deceased; Mary Ann Lacy Ellis, Individually, as widow of Jere Martin Ellis, Deceased, and as Mother and Next Friend of Robert Allen Ellis, Minor Son of Jere Martin Ellis, Deceased; Sheila Myers Ellis Pankey, as Mother and Next Friend of Elizabeth Suzanne Ellis, Minor Daughter of Jere Martin Ellis, Deceased; Karen Lorraine Ellis Burden, as Mother and Next Friend of Angela Lorraine Ellis and Veronica Anne Ellis, Minor Daughters of Jere Martin Ellis, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHASE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; Chase Family Limited Partnership # 7, Defendants-Appellees, Nationwide Tower Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph F. Mitchell (briefed), Rendings, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, Cincinnati, OH, Ralph I. Lawson (argued and briefed), Lawson & Lannom, Dyersburg, TN, Steven L. West (briefed), West & West, McKenzie, TN, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William B. Walk, Jr., Hardison Law Firm, Memphis, TN, Jerry O. Potter (argued and briefed), Memphis, TN, for defendants-appellees.

Before: WELLFORD, BOGGS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.


SILER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BOGGS, J., joined.

WELLFORD, J. (pp. 478-83), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, the administrator of the estate and next of kin of the deceased, Jere Martin Ellis, appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Chase Communication Co. ("Chase"). The district court held that Chase owed no duty to protect Ellis, an employee of...

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