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SOWINSKI v. WALKER

Nos. S-12114, S-12203, S-12734.

198 P.3d 1134 (2008)

Rose SOWINSKI and James McGill, d/b/a Delrois Bar and Liquor Store, Appellants, v. William Patrick WALKER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Jason Walker, William Patrick Walker, Donna Irene Walker, and Rhonda Walker; Donald Lawrence Vaughn, Personal Representative of the Estate of Justin Daniel Vaughn, Donald Lawrence Vaughn, and Donna Vaughn, Appellees. William Patrick Walker, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Jason Walker, William Patrick Walker, Donna Irene Walker, and Rhonda Walker; Donald Lawrence Vaughn, Personal Representative of The Estate of Justin Daniel Vaughn, Donald Lawrence Vaughn, and Donna Vaughn, Appellants, v. State of Alaska, Appellee. Rose Sowinski and James McGill d/b/a Delrois Bar and Liquor, Appellants, v. William Patrick Walker, Personal Representative of The Estate of Robert Jason Walker, William Patrick Walker, Donna Irene Walker, and Rhonda Walker; Donald Lawrence Vaughn, Personal Representative of The Estate of Justin Daniel Vaughn, Donald Lawrence Vaughn, and Donna Vaughn, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 31, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah J. Tugman, Anchorage, for Appellants Rose Sowinski and James McGill.

Phillip Paul Weidner, Michael Cohn, Weidner & Associates, Inc., Anchorage, for Walker Appellants/Appellees.

Charles W. Coe, Law Office of Charles W. Coe, Anchorage, for Vaughn Appellants/Appellees.

Joanne M. Grace, Assistant Attorney General, Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Anchorage, for Appellee State of Alaska.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After consuming alcohol purchased at DelRois Liquor Store, minors Robert Walker and Justin Vaughn rode together on an ATV and were killed when they struck a cable stretched across an access road. The personal representatives of their estates and the decedents' families sued DelRois for providing alcohol to the boys and the State of Alaska for failing to maintain the access road free of hazards....

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