BENDIX HOME SYSTEMS, INC. v. JESSOP

Nos. 6087, 6110.

644 P.2d 843 (1982)

BENDIX HOME SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant, v. John M. JESSOP and Linda L. Jessop, Appellees, John M. JESSOP and Linda L. Jessop, Cross-Appellants, v. ALASKA NATIONAL BANK OF THE NORTH, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Groseclose, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Inc., Fairbanks, for appellant.

Arthur L. Robson, Fairbanks, for appellees, cross-appellants.

Charles R. Pengilly, Law Offices of Charles E. Cole, Fairbanks, for cross-appellee.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of the proper method of measuring damages for a manufacturer's breach of the implied warranty of merchantability. We hold that the superior court erred in its calculation of damages and that the evidence does not support the superior court's award of $55,815. Accordingly, we remand this case to the superior court for a redetermination of damages.

In May 1976, John and Linda Jessop purchased...

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