Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1981No. 4866, 4871 and 4894PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
This tort case arises from a 1974 bicycle accident that severely injured appellant, Paula Johnson. 1 When her accident occurred, Johnson was riding her new ten-speed bicycle along Phillips Field Road in Fairbanks. At trial Johnson had no recollection of how her accident occurred. An eyewitness to the accident testified that Johnson was traveling west as she approached the railroad tracks at the Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System (hereafter “MUS”) spur track crossing, and that as Johnson reached the tracks, the front wheel of her bicycle caught, pitching her over the…
2Cases cited68 opinions
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- Adams v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. AbbottAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- Kaatz v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by48 opinions
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