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STURM, RUGER & CO., INC. v. DAY

Nos. 3092, 3135.

594 P.2d 38 (1979)

STURM, RUGER & CO., INC., a Connecticut Corporation, Appellant, v. Michael James DAY, Appellee. Michael James DAY, Cross-Appellant, v. STURM, RUGER & CO., INC., a Connecticut Corporation, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Richmond of Richmond, Willoughby & Willard, Kenneth P. Jacobus of Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, and Edward L. Lascher, Ventura, Cal. (in association), for appellant and cross-appellee.

H. Bixler Whiting, Fairbanks, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, Justices, and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This is a products liability case.

Appellee Michael James Day bought a .41 magnum single action revolver on June 1, 1972. The gun had been manufactured two years before by appellant Sturm, Ruger and Company, in August of 1970, but was purchased new by Day.

On July 30, 1972, Day was sitting in the cab of his small pickup truck with two young friends when he decided to unload...

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