TOMMY'S ELBOW ROOM, INC. v. KAVORKIAN

No. S-79.

727 P.2d 1038 (1986)

TOMMY'S ELBOW ROOM, INC., d/b/a Tommy's Elbow Room, Appellant, v. Ralph KAVORKIAN, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gladys Marie Kavorkian, Sarah Kavorkian, and Fred Brantingham, Individually and as Father and Best Friend of the Deceased, Tonya Brantingham, and Martha Brantingham, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Paskvan, Rice, Hoppner Brown & Brunner, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Marcus R. Clapp and John V. Acosta, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

In Kavorkian v. Tommy's Elbow Room, 694 P.2d 160 (Alaska 1985) (Kavorkian I),1 this court upheld the superior court's decision to give a standard proximate cause jury instruction over plaintiffs' (collectively referred to as "Kavorkian") objection. We did not reach the issues raised on cross-appeal because of that outcome. Kavorkian's subsequent petition for rehearing...

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