City of Fairbanks v. Schaible

DIMOND, Justice.

Druska Schaible died of asphyxia on November 23, 1957, during a fire in the Lathrop building where she and her husband had an apartment. As her executor her husband brought a wrongful death action under an Alaska statute 1 against the Lathrop Company and the City of Fairbanks. In a case tried by the court judgment in the sum of $50,000 was entered for the executor jointly and severally against the Company and the City, and both have appealed.

I. The Lathrop Company Appeal.

The Lathrop building was a four-story reinforced concrete structure, with apartments on three floors. It…