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POSEY v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 78-1035.

510 F.Supp. 1143 (1981)

Milford Wendell POSEY, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M. D. Tennessee, Columbia Division.

April 10, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd W. Gathings, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Hugh T. Shelton, Jr., James T. DuBois, Columbia, Tenn. (both for defendant Union Carbide Corporation).

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, District Judge.

This is an action for damages for the death of plaintiff's decedent against, among others, Union Carbide, the owner of the premises where plaintiff's decedent was working when he died. Union Carbide has moved for summary judgment on three grounds: (1) tort recovery against Union Carbide is barred by Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-915 because Union Carbide was the principal contractor for the project; (2) Union Carbide did not...

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