COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 68-208.

314 F.Supp. 946 (1969)

COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Acting By and Through the BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR), Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

November 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney I. Lezak, U. S. Atty., Michael L. Morehouse, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for defendant.

Franklin, Olsen, Bennett, Des Brisey & Jolles, Portland, Or., for plaintiff.


OPINION

SOLOMON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff filed an action for indemnification or contribution, as well as for damages, under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The case was submitted on stipulated facts.

The Oregon State Fish Commission contracted with Columbia Helicopters (Columbia), who agreed to furnish a helicopter and a pilot for making a survey of streams along the Oregon Coast. Early in the morning of April 19, 1966, a Columbia helicopter, piloted...

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