Legal Opinion
Unicore, Inc. v. Tennessee Valley Authority
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1985No. 84-5484PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.
The origin of this law suit is the exposure of a TVA welder to manganese fumes generated in his welding work at TVA’s Bellefonte Plant at Hollywood, Alabama.
Plaintiff, Unicore, was and is a manufacturer of, among other things, manganese welding wire. This wire when used for welding gives off manganese fumes. A welder named Whisenhunt, employed by TVA at its Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, after a period of welding during which he used manganese welding wire produced by Unicore, became paralyzed below the waist. Whisenhunt sued Unicore and the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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