TOMMY'S ELBOW ROOM, INC. v. KAVORKIAN

No. S-1662.

754 P.2d 243 (1988)

TOMMY'S ELBOW ROOM, INC., d/b/a Tommy's Elbow Room, Petitioner, v. Ralph KAVORKIAN, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gladys Marie Kavorkian, Sarah Kavorkian, and Fred Brantingham, Individually and as Father and Best Friend of the Deceased, Tanya Brantingham and Martha Brantingham, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Paskvan, Hoppner & Paskvan, P.C., Fairbanks, for petitioner.

Marcus R. Clapp and Joseph S. Slusser, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for respondents.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This petition for review raises questions of first impression concerning Alaska's Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act.1

I. Factual and Statutory Background

These wrongful death and tort actions originally involved three defendants: Slicer Corporation ("Slicer"), Richard Pears, and Tommy's Elbow Room ("Tommy's") Plaintiffs...

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