Legal Opinion
Stepanov v. Gavrilovich
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1979No. 3236PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., RABINOW-ITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice. BURKE, Justice.
This appeal requires us to decide whether a subdivider who has sold land or a contractor who has purchased and built upon it should bear the loss incurred when a house built by the contractor subsides as a result of undetected permafrost melting in the ground. Also at issue are certain procedural rulings and the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees.
The facts giving rise to this controversy are as follows. 1 In late 1967 or early 1968, Louis and Milanka Gavrilovich (hereinafter…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Messenger v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Malvo Ex Rel. Malvo v. J. C. Penney Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Rachel Castner v. First National Bank of Anchorage, Arctic Cold Storage, Inc., and Union Bank of AnchorageCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- Preferred General Agency of Alaska, Inc. v. RaffettoAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
- McDonough v. LeeAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by48 opinions
- State v. KingArizona Supreme Court · 1994
- Anderson v. BauerWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
- Hayes v. Xerox Corp.Alaska Supreme Court · 1986
- State v. First National Bank of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
- Demoski v. NewAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
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