Keith Jones v. Bowie Industries, Inc., Todd Christianson, Great Alaska Lawn and Landseaping, Inc., and Aig, Bowie…

Summary

The court reversed the judgment and remanded for a new trial because the superior court improperly admitted evidence of Jones's workers' compensation and social security benefits and past drug use, and those errors were not harmless. The court also held that the evidence supported submitting Christianson's personal liability, Bowie's post-sale duty-to-warn and punitive-damages issues to the jury, and Jones's negligence claims were not barred by the statute of repose. It affirmed the refusal to give a negligence per se instruction against Great Alaska Lawn.