Legal Opinion
Osborne v. Russell
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 26, 1983No. 6823, 6867PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
On March 22, 1980, Gary Alan Osborne was electrocuted while working as an assistant manager at a Church’s Fried Chicken outlet in Anchorage. At the time of the accident, the decedent was apparently reaching into a floor safe when his forehead touched bare wires sticking out of an open electrical junction box located on the wall adjacent to, and immediately above, the safe. Patricia Ann Osborne, as personal representative of the estate of the decedent, filed suit against Randy Russell, d/b/a Randy’s Electric, the electrician who had performed electrical work at the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Mrs. Ivy L. Gordon v. Niagara MacHine & Tool WorksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by27 opinions
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