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TVA Facing More Lawsuits Over Ash Spill

Knoxville Personal Injury Lawyer — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:36:10 +0000

It’s hard to believe that less than a year ago the coal ash retention facility in Kingston failed, dumping 5.4 million cubic yards of ash sludge into the Emory River and the surrounding area. Some residents lost entire homes while others faced significant damage that had to be cleaned up. In recent days, 11 plaintiffs have filed six new lawsuits against TVA alleging negligence that led up to the destruction of their properties. They are seeking compensation as well as punitive damages for the trauma and suffering they have endured. The Knoxville News-Sentinel reports:

The two plaintiffs in Armes v. TVA are seeking compensatory damages up to $10 million and punitive damages up to $20 million. The two plaintiffs in Wallace v. TVA are seeking up to $600,000 in compensatory damages and up to $1 million in punitive damages.

Plaintiffs in the other four cases are seeking unspecified damages.

Most of the lawsuits allege that TVA’s negligence led to the spill. TVA is countering that its status as an entity of the federal government shields it from the claims. TVA has hired the firm Shook, Hardy and Bacon of Kansas City, Mo., to work with its in-house counsel on the lawsuits.

The spill has no doubt affected these and other families greatly, not to mention the health risks posed by the coal ash that has now been introduced into area drinking and agricultural water sources.

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Former U.S. Senator Candidate Runs Over Construction Worker

Knoxville Personal Injury Lawyer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:13 +0000

This is a disturbing case of road rage. Larry Drown, who has run unsuccessfully for several political posts including U.S. Senate, was charged with aggravated assault and gross negligence for running over a female construction worker who was flagging traffic. He then reversed his car and ran over the worker again…..allegedly. The woman was seriously injured as one would expect. Police have claimed that Drown acted intentionally. Very hard to imagine what the construction worker could have done to justify that type of response from the man. From the article:

“Police and emergency medical services (EMS) arrived at the scene of the serious accident where former U.S. Senate candidate Larry Drown, had reportedly ran over a flagging female construction worker, and then backed up over her body at the intersection of Water and Wall Streets. Investigating police determined that the incident was in fact a deliberate act.

Larry Drown was accused and was charged with aggravated assault and gross negligent operation resulting in injury. EMS transported the badly injured woman to Central Vermont Hospital located in Berlin to be treated by doctors and nurses. She was placed in critical care. Authorities did not release her name.

Candidate Larry Drown had run for statewide office four different times with no success. He then ran for U.S. Senate (2006), U.S. House (2004), Vermont secretary of state (2000) and Vermont attorney general (2002).”

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