McLemore v. Harris

AREND, Justice.

The principal question before us on this appeal is whether the lower court erred in finding that Larche R. McLemore, the defendant below, was guilty of gross or wanton negligence in parking his motor vehicle on a “bush” airfield.

The term “bush airfield” or “bush airstrip” connotes in Alaska an unregulated field for light aircraft. 1 These fields played an important part in the settlement and development of the Territory of Alaska and continue to do so under statehood. They are often found adjacent to a village but in many instances have been carved out of the wilderness to…