Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Beck

624 P.2d 790 (1981)

CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY, Petitioner & Cross-Respondent,

v.

Paula BECK, Administratrix of the Estate of Derald Allen Beck, Respondent & Cross-Petitioner.

Nos. 5350, 5351.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 27, 1981.

Lloyd I. Hoppner, Rice, Hoppner, Ingraham & Brown, Fairbanks, for petitioner & cross-respondent.

James A. Parrish, Parrish Law Office, Fairbanks, Theodore R. Dunn, Anchorage, for respondent & cross-petitioner.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR and BURKE, JJ.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

These petitions for review raise various issues in a products liability case that has…