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ALASKA AIRLINES, INC. v. SWEAT

Nos. 2912, 3103.

568 P.2d 916 (1977)

ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., Appellant, v. Milford Douglas SWEAT and Diane M. Sweat, Appellees. Milford Douglas SWEAT and Diane M. Sweat, Cross-Appellants, v. ALASKA AIRLINES, INC., an Alaska Corporation, and Chitina Air Service, Inc., an Alaska Corporation, Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing August 25, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford M. Gibbs, Charles W. Hagans, Hagans, Smith & Brown, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellees.

Kenneth D. Jensen, Jeffrey H. Roth, Jensen, Harris & Roth, Anchorage, for appellees and cross-appellants.

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

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of a judgment in favor of Milford Douglas Sweat against Alaska Airlines for injuries sustained in an airplane crash. Sweat was a passenger aboard a Chitina Air Service plane which encountered a "whiteout" and crashed on the Bering Glacier. Chitina is licensed as an air taxi by the State of Alaska, but at the time in question, was engaged under a contract with Alaska Airlines, Inc. in servicing a portion...

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