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DURA CORP. v. HARNED

No. S-445.

703 P.2d 396 (1985)

DURA CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Charles HARNED and Providence Washington Insurance Company of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Louise Molenda and Timothy M. Lynch, Lynch, Farney & Crosby, David H. Thorsness and Kenneth P. Jacobus, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellant.

Mark A. Sandberg and Henry J. Camarot, Camarot, Sandberg, Hunter & Smith, Anchorage, for appellees.

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

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

This case involves a personal injury claim by Charles Harned against Dura Corporation, a manufacturer of portable air tanks, based on strict liability in tort and negligence. At the close of evidence, the superior court directed verdicts against the manufacturer on the issues of negligence per se, defective product, superseding cause, comparative negligence and proximate cause. The jury then found that Dura manufactured the air tank...

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