Legal Opinion
Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Harvey
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 26, 1976No. 2513PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
This products liability action concerns the death of two men in the crash of a light plane manufactured by appellant. The case was tried by jury before the superior court at Kodiak.
On March 16,1967, James Harvey and his passenger, Lorren Chester, attempted to take off in an aircraft from Kodiak Municipal Airport. The aircraft crashed into a gravel pile and they died. Plaintiffs are the personal representatives of decedents’ estates, suing on behalf of those estates and their various heirs and beneficiaries. The principal dispute in the case concerned the issue of…
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2Cases cited29 opinions
- Love v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
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- Moore v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. PhillipsAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- American Airlines, Inc. v. United States of America and Sara Ann Creasy, Sara Ann Creasy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by36 opinions
- The Home Indemnity Company, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Lane Powell Moss and Miller, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Robert B. Carlton and Bobbie L. Carlton v. H. C. Price Company and Roger Dale MoyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Andersen v. EdwardsAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Farnsworth v. SteinerAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- American National Watermattress Corp. v. ManvilleAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
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