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BROWN v. ESTATE OF JONZ

Nos. 3216, 3228.

591 P.2d 532 (1979)

Onita J. BROWN, widow of Russel L. Brown, Appellant, v. ESTATE of Don E. JONZ, Deceased, Appellee. ESTATE of Don E. JONZ, Deceased, Cross-Appellant, v. Onita J. BROWN, widow of Russel L. Brown, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Hillard and Allen McGrath of Graham & James, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Sanford M. Gibbs of Hagan, Smith, Brown, Erwin & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., BURKE, Justice, and KALAMARIDES, Judge.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In 1972 an airplane flown by Don E. Jonz disappeared on a flight from Anchorage to Juneau. The body of Russel L. Brown, a passenger on the plane, was never found, and he was declared dead at a presumptive death hearing.

Onita Brown, Russel Brown's widow, filed a wrongful death action against the estate of Jonz on behalf of herself; Marie Nicole Brown, her child by Russel Brown; and...

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