Jackson v. Tennessee Valley Authority

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Howard Jackson, a citizen and resident of the Middle District of Tennessee, sues defendants Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Ickes-Braun Glasshouses, Inc. (IBG) in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for personal injuries which he received in an accident at defendant TVA’s Cumberland Steam Plant in Cumberland City, Tennessee. Defendant TVA is a wholly owned federal corporation, able to sue and be sued in its own name, created by the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, 16 U.S.C. § 831. Defendant IBG is an Illinois corporation. Jurisdiction…