POPE & TALBOT v. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

Civ. No. 91-6050-JO.

782 F.Supp. 1460 (1991)

POPE & TALBOT, INC., Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

December 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Martin, Schwabe, Wiliamson & Watt, Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

James L. Sutherland, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eugene, Or., for defendant.


ORDER

ROBERT E. JONES, District Judge:

Pope & Talbot ("Pope") brings this action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680, for negligence. The court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). Timely tort claims notice was received by the United States on June 6, 1990.

The dispute arose because of a forest fire, commonly known as the Shady Beach Fire, that started in the Willamette...

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