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EDWARDS v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 00-5281.

255 F.3d 318 (2001)

Janet EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Linda G. Welch (argued and briefed), Gary T. Dupler (briefed), Linda G. Welch & Associates, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Edwin W. Small (argued and briefed), Thomas A. Robins (briefed), Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: JONES, SILER, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this wrongful death action, Janet Edwards seeks to recover compensatory and punitive damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federal agency, for the drowning death of her 17-year-old son, Garry Levi Farner. Farner drowned when he slipped from the rocky shoreline and fell into the Tennessee River near Fort Loudoun Dam, which is maintained and operated by TVA...

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