Legal Opinion
Prince v. Parachutes, Inc.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 8, 1984No. 7804PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Justice.
In this products liability case, Clay Prince seeks to recover from a manufacturer of parachutes, Parachutes, Inc., for personal injuries resulting from a parachuting accident. He alleges that the manufacturer failed to adequately warn of the difficulty of managing its parachute. Prince appeals from an order granting summary judgment for the manufacturer.
I. Facts
In the spring of 1979 Prince decided to learn how to parachute. He attended two classes where he learned the basics of parachuting and where he learned to jump using the standard military round canopy parachute.…
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