ATKINSON v. HALDANE

No. 2981.

569 P.2d 151 (1977)

Earl S. ATKINSON et al., Petitioners, v. George Edward HALDANE and Romey Jones Williams, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Anderson, Ziontz, Pirtle, Morisset, Ernstoff & Chestnut, Seattle, Wash., for petitioners.

W. Clark Stump, Ketchikan, Stump & Stump, for respondents.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The case comes before us on a petition for review from the superior court's denial of petitioners' motion for summary judgment. This litigation involves the deaths of two Metlakatla Indians, Marilyn Alice Haldane and Romey Ervin Williams, residents of the Metlakatla Indian Community, resulting from injuries incurred in an automobile accident May 12, 1974, on the reservation. Their personal representatives filed suit in the superior...

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