Turner v. Tennessee Valley Authority

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Farrell Turner, was killed when he was lost overboard from the Lucy E, on which he labored for his employer the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). According to the complaint, TVA maintained the Lucy E in an improper and negligent fashion, with the result that the ship was an unsafe workplace lacking appropriate safety appliances and devices. The complaint further alleges that these conditions had been brought to TVA’s attention, that no corrective action had been taken, and that these conditions were a proximate cause of Mr. Turner’s death.

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