Keil v. Glacier Park, Inc.

Appellant, Glacier Part, Inc. (herein Glacier), is a corporation that owns and operates hotels and concessions throughout Glacier National Park. It also owns and operates the water system that delivers water to Glacier Park Lodge and the community of East Glacier.

Flooding in the early summer of 1975 washed-out a portion of the waterline owned by Glacier. The washout cut off the water supply to East Glacier and Glacier Park Lodge. Shortly after the washout, Mr. Herb Sammons began trying to obtain a pump capable of bringing water from a creek into the water system at a point below the waterline…