Posted on Sep 28, 2018 in
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The Supreme Court granted certiorari over the Eleventh Circuit’s holding that the Tennessee Valley Authority enjoyed governmental immunity in a personal injury suit. Thacker v. Tenn. Valley Auth., 2018 WL 1091117 (U.S. Sept. 27, 2018). The Eleventh Circuit held that the TVA was immune from suit because it was engaged in a discretionary government function – a test borrowed from...