King v. Edward Hines Lumber Co.

JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.

This case involved a claim for damages based upon personal injuries alleged tc have been sustained as a result of the failure of defendant to observe the rules of the road laid down by the State of Oregon for State highways in the Uniform Traffic Act, 1 although the accident occurred upon a road built and maintained by the United States in a federal forest reserve, and in an area thereof where defendant was conducting a large logging operation under a contract with the United States.

A pretrial conference of many hours, attended by the attorneys, resulted in a…