Nicholas v. Moore

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This controversy centers on whether one member of a hunting duo is vicariously liable for the negligent acts of his co-hunter.

Defendants Moore and Czuba entered Alaska for the purpose of hunting game in late August of 1970. They came in Moore’s truck with no explicit agreement with respect to the division of expenses; rather, the division of expenses took place in an informal fashion. The purpose of the hunt was for trophies with the gathering of meat a secondary consideration. Moore and Czu-ba proceeded under an unwritten “gentlemen’s agreement” that each hunter was…