Legal Opinion

Hodges v. Mock

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided October 17, 1972No. 1564, 1574PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

This appeal centers on the issue of whether' the trial court committed an abuse of discretion in limiting the testimony of an expert witness who had been called by appellants Hodges and Van Doren. In the particular factual context of this record we hold that the trial court did not err.

The events that gave rise to this litigation occurred on July 1, 1968. On that date Guy Van Doren, a pilot in the employ of Hodges, d/b/a Soldotna Air Service, was to fly six commercial passengers from Anchorage to Kenai. The flight terminated in the trees six miles northeast of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ferrell v. BaxterAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
  2. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Preferred General Agency of Alaska, Inc. v. RaffettoAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Crawford v. RogersAlaska Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Century Refining Company v. Charles T. Hall, Charles T. Hall, Cross-Appellant v. Century Refining Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Cooper v. CarlsonAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Skagway City School Board v. DavisAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Sowinski v. WalkerAlaska Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Grasle Electric Company v. ClarkAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Sowinski v. WalkerAlaska Supreme Court · 2008

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