THACKER v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. 16-15105.

868 F.3d 979 (2017)

Gary THACKER, Venida L. Thacker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Bridges Cole, Jr. , Franklin Taylor Rouse , Gary Vestal Conchin , Conchin Cloud & Cole, LLC, Huntsville, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James S. Chase , Edwin Warren Small , David Demar Ayliffe , Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, Defendant-Appellee.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, and ROSENBAUM and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.


Gary and Venida Thacker sued the Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") for its alleged negligence involving a tragic accident on the Tennessee River. On July 30, 2013, while Gary Thacker and his friend Anthony Szozda were participating in a local fishing tournament, TVA was attempting to raise a downed power line that was partially submerged in...

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