ODOM v. PACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 386.

393 P.2d 112 (1964)

Milton W. ODOM, as Executor of the Will and Estate of Corinne Odom, Deceased, Appellant, v. PACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINES, INC., an Alaskan Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Boochever of Faulkner, Banfield, Boochever & Doogan, Juneau, for appellant.

John M. Stern, Jr., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, Chief Justice, and DIMOND and AREND, Justices.


AREND, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff below from a summary judgment and dismissal of an action sounding in tort. The principal question presented is whether an airline carrier's traffic rule specifying that unchecked baggage or other personal property shall be carried at the risk of the passenger is invalid and unreasonable as an attempt to absolve the carrier from liability for its own negligence.

On June 14, 1960, Corinne Odom was killed when...

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