TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Barry Kolar on May 19, 2022

A federal appellate court has struck down an appeal by the contractor seeking immunity in the cleanup of radioactive coal ash waste, Tennessee Lookout reports. The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals yesterday ruled Jacobs Engineering Inc. cannot ride the coattails of Tennessee Valley Authority governmental immunity because the TVA itself would not have been immune from liability had sickened workers chosen to sue the utility. “Jacobs concedes that it is immune from suit only if the TVA is immune,” the opinion stated. “As analyzed … we conclude that the TVA would not have been immune from suit.”