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SLIGH v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

No. CIV-1-80-46.

532 F.Supp. 168 (1980)

William A. SLIGH and wife, Kathryn Sligh, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; United States by way of Commanding Officer, United States Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; and United States by way of United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

September 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Sims, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Gen Counsel, James E. Fox, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Thomas C. Doolan, Michael R. McElroy, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn., R. Clayton Seaman, Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Div., Washington, D. C., John C. Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.

This is an action seeking damages for personal injury and property damage arising from the destruction of a small private fishing boat when it struck a concrete mooring cell below Nickajack Dam ("the Dam") in the Tennessee River. Jurisdiction of the Court is invoked under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 1337, and is not in dispute. The complaint asserts that defendant Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") was "knowingly...

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