Legal Opinion
Maggie Bell Heathcoat, as Administratrix for the Estate of Leonard James Heathcoat, Deceased v. Karl Potts
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 10, 1986No. 84-7805, 85-7288PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
These consolidated appeals arise from the death of Leonard Heathcoat while he was employed by TVA in Muscle Shoals, Alabama under a personal services contract for temporary work.
Heathcoat was working on the dismantling of a building at TVA’s National Fertilizer Development Center. His job was to cut steel supports below the roof as part of the effort to remove the roof. He went upon the roof to help pry loose concrete slabs, and pried up one or two slabs, but the next slab collapsed beneath him and he fell approximately 50 feet to his death.
Plaintiff, the widow as…
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