METCALF v. WILBUR, INC.

No. 5233.

645 P.2d 163 (1982)

Duane R. METCALF and Joan Metcalf, Appellants, v. WILBUR, INC., an Alaska Corporation, and Jerry Lent, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde C. Houston, and Laurel Peterson, Houston, Henderson & Peterson, Anchorage, for appellants.

Robert L. Eastaugh, Delaney, Wiles, Moore, Hayes & Reitman, Inc., Anchorage, for appellees.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Duane R. Metcalf, a passenger, was injured when a twin engine Cessna 402 aircraft, owned by Wilbur, Inc., crashed shortly after take-off from Merrill Field in Anchorage. Metcalf brought suit against Wilbur, Inc. and Jerry Lent, the pilot, for personal injuries. His wife sued for loss of consortium.

After trial by jury, verdicts were returned in favor of Lent and Wilbur...

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