Legal Opinion

Beverly Kay Johns, Transportation Insurance Company, Intervenor v. Pettibone Corporation, Etc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 27, 1988No. 86-7250PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONEY, Chief Judge:

Beverly Kay Johns and her minor children appeal from the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to defendant employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in a suit for the wrongful death of her husband, Gary Johns. Johns was working for Combustion Engineering (CE) which was doing work for TVA as an independent contractor when Johns was electrocuted when the boom of a crane came in contact or near contact with a TVA electric power transmission line. We affirm.

This Court previously vacated and remanded a prior district court order granting defendants’…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio GrandenseSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Westfall v. ErwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Alex Carl Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. Gustof Charles Feyers and Gabrielle Feyers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  5. Julia Ford and Joe Ford v. American Motors Corporation, the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  3. Andrews v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
  4. George v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1990
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