Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

FUTEY, Judge.

In this stage of the case the court is asked to decide two questions briefed by the parties. Jeppesen seeks to recover from the government the full amount of a tort judgment rendered against it by the district court for the Northern District of California. Jeppesen bases its claim upon an indemnity agreement, by which the government agreed to indemnify Jeppesen for that portion of the judgment which was determined by the jury or the district court to be established upon Jeppesen’s publication of government data. Jeppesen argues that the jury held it liable because the…