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STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. SANDERS

No. S-7825.

944 P.2d 453 (1997)

STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES of the State of Alaska; Alaska International Airport System; Anchorage International Airport, Petitioners, v. Adrian SANDERS; Andre Corentez Martin, a minor, by and through his father, Adrian Sanders; and United Airlines, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Geraghty and Harland H. McElhany, DeLisio, Moran, Geraghty & Zobel, Anchorage, for Petitioners.

Phillip Paul Weidner and Michael Cohn, Weidner & Associates, Anchorage, for Respondents Sanders and Martin. Robert B. Baker and William F. Brattain II, Baker, Brattain & Huguelet, Anchorage, for Respondent United Airlines, Inc.

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

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The issue in this petition for review is whether sovereign immunity shields the State of Alaska from liability for adopting a practice of allowing aircraft support vehicles to use Old International Airport Road (OIA Road), a public road near the operations area at Anchorage International Airport. Respondent Adrian Sanders asserted that the State's practice contributed to a collision between the...

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