Mark E. LYNCH and wife, Cynthia J. Lynch, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Defendant-Appellee, 226 F. App'x 586

OPINION RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge. Mark E. Lynch and his wife sued Nissan North America, Inc., alleging that Nissan had been negligent both in failing to properly maintain a catwalk involved in Lynch’s 2003 fall at Nissan’s manufacturing facility and in delaying the treatment that he received following the accident. Nissan moved for

summary judgment on the ground that, as the principal contractor for the conveyor-construction project that Lynch was working on, it was immune from tort liability under the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act. The district court granted Nissan’s motion, dismissing the Lynches’ suit in its entirety. This timely appeal followed. After carefully considering the record on appeal, the briefs of the parties, and the applicable law, and having had the benefit of oral argument, we agree with the district court’s grant of

summary judgment to Nissan. Because the reasoning that supports the judgment for Nissan has been clearly articulated by the district court in a thorough and comprehensive opinion, the issuance of a detailed written opinion by us would be unduly duplicative. The judgment rendered by the Honorable Aleta A. Trauger, District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, is accordingly affirmed on the basis of the reasoning set forth in her Opinion dated September 30, 2005.