Legal Opinion
Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Beck
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 27, 1981No. 5350, 5351PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
These petitions for review raise various issues in a products liability case that has been before this court previously on appeal1 and on an earlier petition.2 The original trial in this case resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiff. The case arose from an accident in which the driver of a Caterpillar-manufactured front-end loader was killed when the loader rolled over an embankment. In Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Beck, 593 P.2d 871 (Alaska 1979) (hereafter “Beck I”), we reversed on several grounds and remanded for a new trial. At a pretrial conference numerous…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Barker v. Lull Engineering Co.California Supreme Court · 1978
- Shaffer v. Honeywell, Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
- Ault v. International Harvester Co.California Supreme Court · 1974
- Liodas v. SahadiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Rucker v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Grenada Steel Industries, Inc. v. Alabama Oxygen Company, Inc. And Sherwood-Selpac CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Dura Corp. v. HarnedAlaska Supreme Court · 1985
- Sanderson v. Steve Snyder Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Mercer v. Pittway Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2000
- General Motors Corp. v. FarnsworthAlaska Supreme Court · 1998
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