JOHNSON v. STATE

Nos. 4866, 4871 and 4894.

636 P.2d 47 (1981)

Paula JOHNSON, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Alaska, and City of Fairbanks, a municipal corporation, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Parrish, Fairbanks, and Theodore R. Dunn, Dunn, Baily & Mason, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Dennis M. Bump and Doris R. Ehrens, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for appellee and cross-appellant City of Fairbanks.

Clifford W. Holst, Ely, Guess & Rudd, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant State of Alaska.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, and BURKE, JJ., COATS, Court of Appeals Judge, and SCHULZ, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This tort case arises from a 1974 bicycle accident that severely injured appellant, Paula Johnson.1 When her accident occurred, Johnson was riding her new ten-speed bicycle along Phillips Field Road in Fairbanks. At trial Johnson had no recollection of how her accident occurred. An eyewitness to the accident testified that Johnson was traveling west as she approached the railroad tracks at the Fairbanks...

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