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PALMER v. BORG-WARNER CORP.

No. S-3318.

818 P.2d 632 (1990)

Lorraine F. PALMER and Edward E. Dillon, Jr., personal representatives of the Estate of Merrett P. Palmer, Appellants, v. BORG-WARNER CORPORATION and its Division Marvel-Schebler/Tillotson, Facet Aerospace Products Company and Facet Enterprises, Inc.; and Edward DePriest, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearings Denied October 28 and November 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Smith, Smith, Coe & Patterson, Anchorage, for appellants.

David T. Hunter, Lane Powell & Barker, Anchorage, for appellees.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The issue presented on appeal is whether the superior court properly granted summary judgment in favor of Borg-Warner, an airplane engine component manufacturer, based on its conclusion that the two-year statute of limitations, AS 09.55.580(a), barred a wrongful death claim brought by the estate of a passenger killed in an airplane crash. Specifically, we must decide whether the personal...

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