KAVA v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

No. S-9201.

48 P.3d 1170 (2002)

Patsy KAVA, as personal representative of the Estate of Abner T. Gologergen, Appellant, v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and Sitnasuak Native Corp., d/b/a Bonanza, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Friedman, and Jeffrey A. Friedman, Friedman, Rubin & White, and Don C. Bauermeister, Burke & Bauermeister, PLLC, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Sanford M. Gibbs, Brown, Waller & Gibbs, P.C., and John B. Thorsness, Hughes, Thorsness, Powell, Huddleston & Bauman, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellees.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, and BRYNER, Justices.


OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Patsy Kava, as the personal representative of the estate of Abner Gologergen, appeals from a jury verdict in a wrongful death defective products action resulting from a three-wheel ATV accident. The estate claims that the superior court erred in allowing Honda to introduce comparative risk evidence, in not allowing the estate to inform the jury of an indemnity agreement between two co-defendants,...

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