WEST v. CITY OF ST. PAUL

No. S-6762.

936 P.2d 136 (1997)

Charles WEST, Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. PAUL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Flanigan, Walther & Flanigan, Anchorage, Charles W. Ray, Jr., Anchorage, and David Paul Bains, Hilleren & Bains, New Orleans, LA, for Appellant.

Michael L. Bono and Brewster H. Jamieson, Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky, Anchorage, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Charles West was the engineer of the F/V Alaskan Monarch, a ninety-six foot crabber. He sued the City of St. Paul for injuries he suffered while abandoning the ship when it became trapped in ice and was driven aground outside the City's harbor. The superior court, concluding that the City's harbormaster owed no duty to warn of ice conditions outside the harbor, dismissed West's suit. West...

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