D.G. SHELTER PRODUCTS v. MODULINE INDUSTRIES

No. 6926.

684 P.2d 839 (1984)

D.G. SHELTER PRODUCTS CO., Appellant, v. MODULINE INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Royce, Royce, Wollenberg & Friedman, Sitka, for appellant.

Michael T. Thomas, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

This is a products liability case involving the release of toxic formaldehyde fumes from the interior paneling of a mobile home. In this appeal we face only the narrow issue of whether Moduline, the mobile home's manufacturer, is entitled to recover its defense costs, including attorney's fees, from one of its parts suppliers, D.G. Shelter Products Co. [Shelter].

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