Legal Opinion
Holden v. Cities Service Co.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided August 27, 1980No. CIV-1-79-277Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.
The above-captioned case is an action for recovery of personal injuries allegedly sus*664tained in a fall through a roof. Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The defendants, Cities Service Co. and Johns-Manville Sales Corp., have each moved for summary judgment upon similar grounds. The facts giving rise to these motions are undisputed and appear as follows. The plaintiffs, on July 1, 1977, filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Hamilton County, Tennessee based upon the same accident and injuries herein alleged. Trial was commenced upon…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- American Mannex Corporation v. Charlton P. Rozands, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Stewart v. University of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
- Yett v. Smoky Mountain Aviation, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1977