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SOPCAK v. NORTHERN MOUNTAIN HELICOPTER

Nos. S-5914, S-5934.

924 P.2d 1006 (1996)

Christel Gisela SOPCAK; Estate of Milan Sopcak, by and through its administratrix, Christel Gisela Sopcak; Sarah June Maryska, a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Wendy June McMurchy; Libuse Mloch; Estate of Lutz Jaralav Maryska, by and through its administratrix, Wendy June McMurchy; Lajos Gal; Doreen P. Hubacek; Jiri Hubacek; Roslyn Change; and Estate of Eric R. Budgell, by and through its administratrix, Doreen P. Hubacek, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. NORTHERN MOUNTAIN HELICOPTER SERVICES, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Lods, Sterns, Walker & Lods, San Francisco, CA, and Deborah Holbrook, Juneau, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Edward C. De Vivo, Dombroff & Gilmore, New York City, and Gregory W. Lessmeier, Lessmeier & Winters, Juneau, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Northern Mountain Helicopter Services.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH and FABE, JJ.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court dismissed the wrongful death and personal injury claims of Christel Gisela Sopcak, and others (collectively, Sopcak) against Northern Mountain Helicopter Services, finding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over those claims. Sopcak appeals, arguing that the superior court improperly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel and that jurisdiction was proper under...

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