Legal Opinion
Alton Smith and Betty Sue Smith v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 17, 1983No. 81-7267PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
A flight instructor, injured when an aircraft struck an electric power transmission line, and his wife sued Tennessee Valley Authority, the owner of the line, for negligence in failing to mark the line to make it visible to pilots. After plaintiffs’ evidence had been presented to the jury, the district court granted a directed verdict for defendant TV A, finding no evidence to indicate that TV A could have foreseen a danger from its failure to mark the lines. We reverse and remand for a trial.
On March 17,1979, plaintiff Alton Smith, a licensed flight instructor, was…
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