Shane v. Rhines

672 P.2d 895 (1983)

Robert Lee SHANE, Appellant,

v.

John W. RHINES, Appellee.

No. 5653.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 10, 1983.

Kenneth J. Cusack, Rogers & Cusack, Soldotna, for appellant.

Kenneth P. Jacobus and Joseph M. Huddleston, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BURKE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ., and SINGLETON, Court of Appeals Judge[*].

OPINION

This appeal arises out of an auto accident which occurred on the Kenai Spur Road in October 1978. At trial, Rhines, the defendant below, admitted that he had been drinking prior to the accident…