BARNETT v. EAGLE HELICOPTERS, INC.

No. 19526.

848 P.2d 419 (1993)

123 Idaho 361

Raymond E. BARNETT and Joyce Barnett, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. EAGLE HELICOPTERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Lewiston, October 1992 Term.

February 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clements, Brown & McNichols, Lewiston, for appellant. Dean Wullenwaber argued.

Rapaich, Knutson & Chapman, Lewiston, for respondents. Scott M. Chapman argued.

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Boise, for amicus curiae. John W. Barrett argued.


McDEVITT, Chief Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In 1986, the Bonneville Power Administration ("BPA") contracted with JOB Line, Inc. ("JOB") to erect a portion of the Taft-Bell 500 kilovolt ("kv") transmission line in North Idaho. The BPA contract required JOB to string high voltage transmission line between towers. This job compelled the use of a helicopter to pull the line as it unwound from a drum in a "triple-drum machine" through a guard structure on top...

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