MOLOSO v. STATE

No. 4971.

644 P.2d 205 (1982)

Alyss L. MOLOSO, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Robert Moloso, deceased, and Linda K. Moloso, individually and as Personal representative of the Estate of Joseph R. Moloso, deceased, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.R. DeYoung, Barokas & Martin, Anchorage, and Darrell E. Ries, Ries & Kenison, Moses Lake, Wash., for appellants.

Sanford M. Gibbs and Charles W. Hagans, Hagans, Brown & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This is an appeal in a wrongful death action brought by the personal representatives of Robert Moloso and Joseph Moloso against the State of Alaska. Decedents were killed on June 21, 1977, by a rock slide while working on a state highway project in Keystone Canyon north of Valdez, Alaska. The ultimate question on appeal is whether the superior court properly directed a verdict in favor of the state.

The state desired to have...

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