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STEPANOV v. GAVRILOVICH

No. 3236.

594 P.2d 30 (1979)

George and Lora STEPANOV, Tom and Rita Gittins, Steinar and Eidum Hansen, Reid and Eunice Dresser, and Turner Construction Co., Inc., Appellants, v. Louis GAVRILOVICH, Milanka Gavrilovich, and Hewitt V. Lounsbury and Associates, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Crabtree and LeRoy E. DeVeaux, of Wanamaker & DeVeaux, Anchorage, for appellants.

Suzanne Cherot Pestinger, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Monroe, Anchorage, for appellee Lounsbury & Associates.

Randall E. Farleigh, Robison, McCaskey, Reynolds & Frankel, Anchorage, for Louis Gavrilovich.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal requires us to decide whether a subdivider who has sold land or a contractor who has purchased and built upon it should bear the loss incurred when a house built by the contractor subsides as a result of undetected permafrost melting in the ground. Also at issue are certain procedural rulings and the trial court's award of attorney's fees.

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