Mitchell v. Mitchell

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This appeal involves the issues of whether the superior court erred procedurally and substantively in granting judgment in favor of Western Geophysical Company of America.

On April 28, 1975, Michael 0. Mitchell died as a result of a helicopter crash on the North Slope of Alaska. He left surviving him a widow, Judith Mitchell, and a son by a prior marriage, Patrick Orten Mitchell. He also left three stepchildren born of Judith Mitchell; Colleen, Shawn, and Kevin Sullivan. On September 13, 1976, Carol Ann Brunet was appointed as the personal representative of the estate of…