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WALLACE v. STATE

No. 2683.

557 P.2d 1120 (1976)

Lura Mars WALLACE, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald Poitras, Deceased, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Erwin, Anchorage, for appellant.

Sanford M. Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, Justices.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether the State of Alaska can be held liable for a workman's death when state inspectors discovered the safety violation which was the cause of death but failed to take any action on it. In this case, the trial court granted the state's motion for summary judgment, concluding that persons in the position of safety inspectors should not be held liable when they fail to discover violations of safety...

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