Legal Opinion
Curt's Trucking Co. v. City of Anchorage
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 19, 1978No. 3181PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
An overhead telephone cable belonging to the Anchorage Telephone Utility was severed when struck by the raised body of a dump truck operated by Gerald Curt on Minnesota Drive in Anchorage. 1 The Anchorage Telephone Utility is a public utility owned by the City of Anchorage; and City employees repaired the damaged cable. The City then brought an action in superior court alleging that $5,349.23 in damages resulted from the negligence of Gerald R. Curt and Curt’s Trucking Company.
The parties stipulated that Curt’s Trucking 2 was liable for the direct costs of repairing…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Beaulieu v. ElliottAlaska Supreme Court · 1967
- Kaatz v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- Freeport Sulphur Company v. The S/s Hermosa, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Etc., in Rem, Pansuiza Compania De Navigacion S.A., in PersonamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Geddes & Smith, Inc. v. Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co.California Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. StanleyAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Power Constructors, Inc. v. Taylor & HintzeAlaska Supreme Court · 1998
- Martens v. MetzgarAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Sykes v. Melba Creek Mining, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1998
- City of Milwaukee v. Allied Smelting Corp.Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1983
- Burton v. Fountainhead Development, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 2017
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