BRINKERHOFF v. SWEARINGEN AVIATION CORP.

Nos. 5967, 6002.

663 P.2d 937 (1983)

Zack K. BRINKERHOFF, Jr., and Jet Alaska, Inc., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. SWEARINGEN AVIATION CORP., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hagans, Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Brown & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellants and cross-appellees.

David H. Thorsness, R. Craig Hesser, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Zack Brinkerhoff, Jr. and Jet Alaska, Inc., the plaintiffs at trial in the superior court, appeal, and Swearingen, the defendant and cross-claimant below, cross-appeals from trial court rulings in a products liability case arising out of an airplane crash.

The accident occurred on February 3, 1977. The damaged plane [the Metro II] was manufactured by Swearingen Aviation Corp. The Metro II was owned by Brinkerhoff and leased...

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