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Horsford v. Estate of Horsford

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1977No. 2653PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ and ERWIN, JJ. RABINO WITZ, Justice.

This appeal presents questions concerning the appropriate method of allocating proceeds of a wrongful death case settlement between competing surviving statutory beneficiaries.

William C. Horsford died in a crash of an F27 aircraft at Iliamna Lake on December 2, .1968, leaving a widow, Dorothy (who was appointed administratrix of the estate), and two teenage children by a prior marriage, William, Jr. and Mary Horsford. In her representative capacity Dorothy sued Wien Consolidated Airlines and Fairchild-Hiller…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Bartolozzi v. MallegniCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
  2. In re the Accounting of KaiserNew York Surrogate's Court · 1950
  3. In Re Southern Steamship Company's PetitionDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
  4. Heller v. Munsingwear, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
  5. In Re Estate of JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Canavin v. Pacific Southwest AirlinesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
  2. In Re Estate of PushrukAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Kulawik v. ERA Jet AlaskaAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Estate of Maldonado v. BaileyAlaska Supreme Court · 2005
  5. In re AcquafreddaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

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