AVCP REG. HOUSING AUTH. v. R.A. VRANCKAERT

Nos. S-9872, S-9893.

47 P.3d 650 (2002)

AVCP REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. R.A. VRANCKAERT COMPANY, INC.; Kuukpik Corporation; and R.A. Vranckaert Company, Inc./Kuukpik Corporation Joint Venture, Appellees. R.A. Vranckaert Company, Inc.; Kuukpik Corporation; and R.A. Vranckaert Company, Inc./Kuukpik Corporation Joint Venture, Petitioners, v. AVCP Regional Housing Authority, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy L. Knutson, Sisson & Knutson, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant and Respondent.

Roger F. Holmes, Biss & Holmes, Anchorage, for Appellees and Petitioners.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Two groups of tenants, the Nilsson plaintiffs and the Engler plaintiffs, sued their landlord, the Association of Village Council Presidents Regional Housing Authority (AVCP), for injuries caused by exposure to carbon monoxide emissions from their gas ranges. The contractor, R.A. Vranckaert Company, had forgotten to convert the stoves from natural gas to propane before turning the...

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