Legal Opinion
Janet Edwards v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2001No. 00-5281PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
In this wrongful death action, Janet Edwards seeks to recover compensatory and punitive damages from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federal agency, for the drowning death of her 17-year-old son, Garry Levi Farner. Farner drowned when he slipped from the rocky shoreline and fell into the Tennessee River near Fort Loudoun Dam, which is maintained and operated by TVA. Edwards acknowledges that TVA had posted numerous warning signs around the dam, but claims that TVA violated the applicable duty of care owed to her son by failing to adequately maintain…
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