BURNS v. ANCHORAGE FUNERAL CHAPEL

No. 1465.

495 P.2d 70 (1972)

Gordon F. BURNS, Administrator of the Estate of Wilma Carol Fuglemsmo, Deceased, Appellant, v. ANCHORAGE FUNERAL CHAPEL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Tallman, Anchorage, for appellant.

John C. Hughes, and Douglas D. Lottridge, of Hughes, Thorsness, Lowe, Gantz & Clark, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BONEY, C.J., and RABINOWITZ and CONNOR, JJ.


RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Gordon Burns, as administrator of the Estate of Wilma Fuglemsmo, brought suit against the Anchorage Funeral Chapel in the superior court. In Count I of his complaint Burns stated a claim for relief for wrongful death asserting that Anchorage Funeral had prematurely embalmed Wilma Fuglemsmo. This claim was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in favor of Anchorage Funeral. In Count II the administrator...

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