WESTERN HELICOPTER v. ROGERSON AIRCRAFT

USDC Civil 87-1435-FR; SC S37702.

811 P.2d 627 (1991)

311 Or. 361

WESTERN HELICOPTER Services, Inc., an Oregon Corporation; and Edwina Marie Cruse, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Russell Leroy Cruse, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. ROGERSON AIRCRAFT Corporation, a California Corporation; Rogerson-Hiller Corporation, a Washington Corporation; Omneco, Inc., a Nevada Corporation; Embee Ep Plating, a California Corporation; Arden Engineering, a California Corporation; Burbank Steel Treating, Inc., a California Corporation, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided May 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd B. Ericsson, Portland, for plaintiffs.

James L. Hiller, Portland, for defendants Rogerson Aircraft Corp. and Rogerson-Hiller Corp.

Jonathan David Allred, Portland, for Omneco, Inc.

John Ashworth, Portland, for defendant Embee EP Plating.

Thomas M. Christ, Portland, for Arden Engineering.

Richard M. Layne, Portland, for Burbank Steel Treating, Inc.

Before PETERSON, C.J., and CARSON, GILLETTE, FADELEY, UNIS and GRABER, JJ.


GILLETTE, Justice.

We are asked in this civil action to accept certification of two questions of law propounded by the United States District Court for the District of Oregon pursuant to ORS 28.200, which provides:

"The Supreme Court may answer questions of law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a Court of Appeals of the United States, a United States District Court or the highest appellate court or the intermediate appellate court...

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