Legal Opinion
Brinkerhoff v. Swearingen Aviation Corp.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 6, 1983No. 5967, 6002PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Zack Brinkerhoff, Jr. and Jet Alaska, Inc., the plaintiffs at trial in the superior court, appeal, and Swearingen, the defendant and cross-claimant below, cross-appeals from trial court rulings in a products liability case arising out of an airplane crash.
The accident occurred on February 3, 1977. The damaged plane [the Metro II] was manufactured by Swearingen Aviation Corp. The Metro II was owned by Brinker-hoff and leased to his wholly-owned corporation, Jet Alaska. The damage to the hull was incurred when the plane rolled off the runway during a takeoff while the…
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