Larson Construction Company, an Oregon Corporation, and R. C. Larson v. Oregon Automobile Insurance Co., an Oregon Corporation

RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge.

Koppers Company, the owner of a cargo of logs, employed Larson Construction Company (hereafter Larson) to load the logs aboard a barge owned and operated by Shaver Transportation Company (hereafter Shaver). In the course of the loading, one of Larson’s employees, Gray, was injured. Gray sued Shaver, and Shaver, who claimed that Larson was responsible on an indemnity theory, tendered the defense to Larson. Ultimately Shaver settled the Gray claim for $43,-366.76, and Larson paid $38,366.76 to Shaver in settlement of Shaver’s indemnity claim against Larson. It…