STATE v. JENNINGS

Nos. 2322, 2423.

555 P.2d 248 (1976)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Millie L. JENNINGS et al., Respondents. CITY OF FAIRBANKS, Petitioner, v. NORDALE HOTEL, INC., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robin Hunt and Howard P. Staley, of Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Fairbanks, for petitioner, State of Alaska.

Charles W. Hagans, of Hagans, Smith & Brown, Anchorage, for petitioner, City of Fairbanks.

F. Jay Hodges, Fairbanks, for Jennings, Langton, Thorpe & McGown.

Kenneth R. Lamb of Robison, McCaskey, Reynolds, Frankel & Lekisch, Anchorage, for R. Shake, Cameron, Douglas, W. Shake, Simpson and Sherwood.

Patrick T. Brown, of Rice, Hoppner & Hedland, Fairbanks, and Robert Reynolds of Reynolds & Tobey, Anchorage, for respondents, Nordale Hotel, Inc.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and BURKE, JJ.


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

These petitions for review present issues closely related to those decided today in our opinion in Adams v. State.1 On February 22, 1972, the Nordale Hotel in Fairbanks was totally consumed by fire, killing 11 people, and injuring others. The survivors and the personal representatives of those killed sued the State of Alaska and the City of Fairbanks (as...

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