Eugene Peltola Jr., center, watches the ranked choice voting tabulation on Nov. 23, 2022, at 49th State Brewing in Anchorage. His daughter Kaeli Peltola and wife U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Anchorage, were with him. Rep. Peltola was learning that she was re-elected. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the people who employed her husband Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr. at the time of his fatal plane crash in 2023.
The suit came shortly before the two-year statute of limitations deadline to bring a case and just days before the National Transportation Safety Board released a final report on the crash…