OGLE v. CRAIG TAYLOR EQUIPMENT CO.

No. S-2261.

761 P.2d 722 (1988)

Gary OGLE, Petitioner, v. CRAIG TAYLOR EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard S. Trickey and Robert A. Royce, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Robert M. Libbey, Libbey & Suddock, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Michael C. Geraghty, Staley, DeLisio, Cook & Sherry, Anchorage, for respondent.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This petition presents three issues. The first is whether the rule of modified joint and several liability included in the Tort Reform Act of 1986, AS 09.17.080(d), impliedly repeals the rule of pro rata contribution found in the Alaska Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act, AS 09.16.020(1). The second is whether the Tort Reform Act applies when the plaintiff was injured before its effective...

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