Legal Opinion
Shaver v. Tennessee Valley Authority
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided October 7, 1982No. Civ. 3-82-319PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries suffered on property owned by defendant, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The case is before the Court on TVA’s motion to dismiss or for summary judgment. The Court considered the briefs and affidavits and has heard oral argument on the motion.
Plaintiff, Orville A. Shaver, claims that he regularly went to TVA’s South Holston Dam for fishing and other recreational purposes. The dam is an earth and rock fill dam in Sullivan County, Tennessee. TVA completed the dam in 1950 for flood control and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Douglas S. Gard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Thomas Robert Simpson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- City of Kingsport v. LaneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1951
- Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1922
- Insurance Company of America v. HogsettTennessee Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by2 opinions
- J. Harold Cagle, Individually and as Next-Friend and Guardian of Todd Lee Cagle v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Austin Kelly McCraw Cross-Appellee v. The Elbert L. Kinser Memorial Park Commission, Town of Greeneville and Green County, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986