MORRIS v. CITY OF SOLDOTNA

No. 2286.

553 P.2d 474 (1976)

Howard MORRIS, Administrator of the Estate of Rawlin Morris, Appellant, v. CITY OF SOLDOTNA et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus R. Clapp of Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Sanford M. Gibbs of Hagans, Smith & Brown, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, JJ., and DIMOND, J. pro tem.


ERWIN, Justice.

On May 28, 1972, Rawlin Morris met his death while painting a sewage treatment plant in Soldotna, Alaska. Howard Morris, Rawlin's brother, serving as the administrator of the estate, brought an action for damages pursuant to the Alaska Wrongful Death Act against the City of Soldotna and L.B. Anderson Construction Company, Inc., appellees herein. At the close of the evidence the trial court directed a verdict for appellees, and this appeal followed...

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