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WEAVER BROS., INC. v. CHAPPEL

No. 7603.

684 P.2d 123 (1984)

WEAVER BROTHERS, INC., Appellant, v. Patricia CHAPPEL, Special Administrator of the Estate of Eberhardt Hantsch, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Sandberg, Camerot, Sandberg & Hunter, Anchorage, for appellant.

Nelson P. Cohen, Anchorage, for appellee.

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

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This case raises the issue of whether untimely notice of an accident to an insurer is per se sufficient to relieve the insurer from any obligation to the insured. If not, we must decide who has the burden of demonstrating that the delay prejudiced the insurer and whether the burden has been met in this case.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND.

Eberhardt Hantsch, Marna Jill Hantsch and Jonathan Hantsch were killed...

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