GREER TANK & WELDING, INC. v. BOETTGER

Nos. 4457, 4495.

609 P.2d 548 (1980)

GREER TANK & WELDING, INC., Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Louella BOETTGER, Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel C. Boettger, Deceased, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Millard F. Ingraham, Rice, Hoppner, Hedland, Fleischer & Ingraham, Fairbanks, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Roger H. Beaty, Cole, Hartig, Rhodes, Norman & Mahoney, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The appeal and the cross-appeal in this case both challenge the amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff in a wrongful death action. The appeal, taken by defendant Greer Tank and Welding, Inc. ("Greer"), attacks the trial court's finding that the decedent's divorced wife and nonadopted stepson were "dependents" under AS 09.55.580 of the Alaska Wrongful Death Act. Greer also claims error in the court's computation of the pecuniary loss...

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