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STATE v. KAATZ

No. 3080.

572 P.2d 775 (1977)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Jeanne KAATZ, Administratrix of the Estate of Donald E. Kaatz, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Smith, Brown, Erwin & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellant.

W.G. Ruddy and M.T. Thomas, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Juneau, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, and BURKE, JJ., and DIMOND, J. Pro Tem.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This wrongful death action is before us for the second time. On the first appeal, we announced our adoption of the doctrine of comparative negligence as the law of this state, and remanded so the superior court could apply that doctrine to the facts of this case. Kaatz v. State, 540 P.2d 1037 P.2d 1037 (Alaska 1975). While we conclude on this appeal that the trial court's application of the...

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