HODGES v. MOCK

Nos. 1564, 1574.

501 P.2d 1355 (1972)

Troy HODGES, d/b/a Soldotna Air Service, et al., Appellants, v. Curtis J. MOCK et al., Appellees. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Cross-Appellant, v. Curtis J. MOCK et al., Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.A. Burr and Roger F. Holmes, of Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, for appellants Troy Hodges.

William H. Fuld, of Kay, Miller, Libbey, Kelly, Christie & Fuld, Charles Tulin, Anchorage, and William G. Richards, of Robinson, McCaskey, Strachan, Hoge, Richard & Frankel, Anchorage, for appellees, Curtis J. Mock, and others.

David H. Thorsness, Hughes, Thorsness, Lowe, Gantz & Clark, Anchorage, for Piper Aircraft Corp.

John M. Conway, Atkinson, Conway, Young & Bell, Anchorage, for appellees, Borg-Warner Corp. and Avco Corp.

Before RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BOOCHEVER, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

This appeal centers on the issue of whether the trial court committed an abuse of discretion in limiting the testimony of an expert witness who had been called by appellants Hodges and Van Doren. In the particular factual context of this record we hold that the trial court did not err.

The events that gave rise to this litigation occurred on July 1, 1968. On that date Guy Van Doren, a pilot in the employ of Hodges, d...

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