Campbell v. City of Knoxville

OPINION

CHATTIN, Justice.

We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court; that is, Bertie Graves Campbell as plaintiff and the City of Knoxville as defendant.

Plaintiff sued the defendant for damages resulting from an injury and death of her husband, Robert Campbell.

Her husband was employed at the Third Creek Sewage Plant in Knoxville at the time of the accident. The plant, at the *711time of the accident, was maintained and operated by the defendant.

During the early morning hours of May 30, 1972, a sewage pump at the Plant blew out at a valve chamber, causing plaintiff’s husband…