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SEVERSON v. ESTATE OF SEVERSON

No. 5461.

627 P.2d 649 (1981)

William C. SEVERSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeffrey A. Severson, Petitioner, v. ESTATE of Shirley H. SEVERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Galbraith, Galbraith & Frost, Joseph L. Young, Young & Sanders, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Richard L. Waller, Hagans, Brown & Gibbs, Anchorage, for respondent.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a decedent's estate is entitled to bring a direct action against an alleged tortfeasor's liability insurer.

Dr. Jeffrey A. Severson and his wife, Shirley H. Severson, disappeared on a flight from Homer to Anchorage, Alaska. The Seversons were aboard an aircraft owned and piloted by Shirley H. Severson. On December 18, 1978, a coroner's jury concluded...

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