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KOEHRING MFG. v. EARTHMOVERS OF FAIRBANKS

Nos. S-1910, S-1921 and S-1946.

763 P.2d 499 (1988)

KOEHRING MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. EARTHMOVERS OF FAIRBANKS, INC., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Thorsness and Matthew K. Peterson, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Lloyd I. Hoppner and Scott L. Taylor, Hoppner & Paskvan, P.C., Fairbanks, for appellee and cross-appellant.

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

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

Koehring Manufacturing Company (Koehring) and Earthmovers of Fairbanks (Earthmovers) were found liable in strict product liability for injuries suffered by welders using a crane manufactured by Koehring and owned by Earthmovers. The injured workers, not party to this appeal, were employed by or doing contract work for the City of Nenana, which had leased the crane from Earthmovers. Thus Earthmovers was found strictly liable as lessor...

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