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CLARY v. FIFTH AVENUE CHRYSLER CENTER, INC.

No. 946.

454 P.2d 244 (1969)

Grace I. CLARY, Appellant, v. FIFTH AVENUE CHRYSLER CENTER, INC., and Chrysler Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Dunn, Warren W. Matthews, Jr., of Burr, Boney & Pease, Anchorage, for appellant.

James J. Delaney, Jr., Delaney, Wiles, Moore & Hays, Charles W. Hagans, Hagans & Opland, James K. Singleton, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.

OPINION

NESBETT, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether this court should adopt for Alaska the doctrine of strict liability in tort in product liability cases.

Appellant purchased a new Plymouth Fury I station wagon automobile from appellee Fifth Avenue Chrysler Center, Inc., which had been manufactured by appellee Chrysler Corporation. Some three weeks after she had taken delivery appellant became ill after she had had occasion to sit...

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