BROCK v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-2654.

601 F.2d 976 (1979)

Sandra BROCK, Personal Representative of the Estate of Albert Brock, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Respondent. Jack THOMPSON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jack Kennedy Thompson, Deceased, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen T. Murphy, Jr., Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sidney I. Lezak, U. S. Atty., Charles H. Turner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for defendant-respondent.

Before WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and BRUCE R. THOMPSON, District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, personal representatives of two iron workers killed while working on the Bonneville Dam, appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant United States. We affirm.

The Bonneville Dam, owned and operated by the United States, spans the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington. In 1970, the United States contracted with Pacific Ventures, Inc. for specified modifications of the fish ladder facilities on both...

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