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NATIONAL INDEM. CO. v. SHERMAN

No. S-2737.

777 P.2d 663 (1989)

NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence A. SHERMAN; Robert Edward Coddington and Katherine Coddington, Parents of Robert Coddington, Deceased; and Nansen Herman Olson and Dana Lynne Olson, Parents of Dawn Olson, Deceased, and Colonial Insurance Company of California, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Thorsness and Earl M. Sutherland, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for plaintiff National Indem. Co.

Stephen M. Sims, Law Offices of Stephen M. Sims, Anchorage, for defendants Robert Edward Coddington and Katherine Coddington.

Charles W. Coe, Smith, Coe & Patterson, P.C., Anchorage, for defendants Nansen Herman Olson and Dana Lynne Olson.

Daniel T. Quinn, Richmond & Quinn, Anchorage, for defendant Colonial Ins. Co. of California.

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

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

While driving his 1976 Dodge pickup, Lawrence Sherman struck and killed two children. Sherman's insurer, National Indemnity Company (National), filed a declaratory judgment action in the United States District Court, District of Alaska, seeking a declaration that it did not provide coverage for the accident vehicle. The children's parents, Sherman, and Colonial Insurance Company (Colonial) argue that Alaska's Motor Vehicle Safety...

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