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YUKON EQUIPMENT, INC. v. GORDON

Nos. 6054, 6055.

660 P.2d 428 (1983)

YUKON EQUIPMENT, INC., Appellant, v. Robert GORDON and Susan Gordon, Appellees. DROTT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, and J.I. Case Company, Appellants, v. Robert GORDON and Susan Gordon, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing May 24, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Staley, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Inc., Fairbanks, for Yukon Equipment, Inc., appellant.

Marcus R. Clapp, Doris R. Ehrens, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for Drott Mfg. Co. and J.I. Case Co., appellants.

James A. Parrish, Parrish Law Office, Fairbanks, and Theodore R. Dunn, Goetz, Madden & Dunn, Bozeman, Mont., for appellees.

Before BURKE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and COMPTON, JJ., and HODGES, Judge.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This is a products liability case involving claims for defective design and manufacture of a crane, sale of a defective crane and negligent maintenance.

On June 14, 1976, Robert Gordon suffered serious permanent injuries when the Drott 250 crane he was operating went out of control on a downhill grade on Rosie Creek Road near Fairbanks. The crane was manufactured by Drott Manufacturing Company and sold to Yukon Equipment...

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