FRUIT v. SCHREINER

Nos. 1526, 1546.

502 P.2d 133 (1972)

Clay FRUIT, Appellant, v. John E. SCHREINER, Appellee. The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. John E. SCHREINER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arden E. Page, of Hughes, Thorsness, Lowe, Gantz & Clark, Anchorage, for appellant Fruit.

John M. Conway, of Atkinson, Conway, Young & Bell, Anchorage, for appellant Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States.

Lester W. Miller, Jr., of Kay, Miller & Libbey, John Anthony Smith, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


Rehearing Denied to No. 1546 November 3, 1972.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

This case arises from a tragic accident in which the appellee, John Schreiner, was crushed between his parked automobile and the colliding vehicle owned and driven by the appellant, Clay Fruit. As a result of the accident, Schreiner's left leg was amputated and the muscle tissue of the right leg so destroyed as to leave him crippled and permanently disabled.

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