STEWART-SMITH HAIDINGER v. AVI-TRUCK, INC.

No. 6796.

682 P.2d 1108 (1984)

STEWART-SMITH HAIDINGER, INC., "Certain British Insurance Companies", more particularly designated as Excess Insurance Co., Ltd., Phoenix Assurance Co., Ltd., Phoenix Assurance Co., (Compagnie D'Assurances Maritimes Aeriennes & Terrestres Societe Anonyme [Camat] Per Westminster Aviation Insurance Co., Ltd., Threadneedle Insurance Co., Ltd., Trident Insurance Co., Ltd., Scottish Lion Insurance Co., Ltd., Mentor Insurance Company [U.K.] Ltd., Per Mentor Underwriting Agency [U.K.], Ltd., Appellants, v. AVI-TRUCK, INC., Loretta W. Coward, a/k/a Lori Coward, individually and as personal representative of the estate of Bob D. Coward, deceased, Robert S. Murnan, and Kiku Murnan, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Brown & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellants.

Roger W. DuBrock, Roberts & Shefelman, Anchorage, for appellees.

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of $60,000.00 on an aircraft hull insurance policy to Appellees, Avi-Truck, Inc., and its owners, Loretta W. Coward, Robert S. Murnan and Kiku Murnan (jointly referred to as "Avi-Truck"). The hull claim arose out of the total loss of a Chase YC-122 aircraft on January 31, 1977, when it crashed following takeoff from Anchorage International Airport. The insurer, Stewart-Smith Haidinger, Inc. and "certain...

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