Alaska Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Alaska or Court of Appeals of Alaska where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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MATTER OF K.A.H. - 11/27/1998
I. INTRODUCTION
Alaska Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8(e) prohibits lawyers from providing clients with
financial assistance other than court costs and expenses of litigation. Gerald W. Markham, counsel in a wrongful...
Ward v. Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Society of America Inc. - 8/21/1998
Supreme Court No. S-7592
Superior Court No. 4FA-93-3046 CI
Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Jay Hodges, Judge.
COMPTON, Chief Justice, with whom MATTHEWS,...
WARD v. LUTHERAN HOSP./HOMES SOC. - 8/21/1998
I. INTRODUCTION
Ruth Ward was admitted to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital for the birth of her fourth child. She was treated under the care of her
personal obstetrician and his associates, none of whom was a hospital...
Miller v. Phillips - 6/12/1998
Notice: This opinion is subject to formal correction before publication in the Pacific Reporter. Readers are requested to bring errors to the attention of the Clerk of the Appellate Courts, 303 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, phone...
HILDEBRANDT v. CITY OF FAIRBANKS - 5/1/1998
I. INTRODUCTION
A motorist was injured in a collision with a City of Fairbanks police car that was pursuing a fleeing arrestee's vehicle. We must decide here whether the City can be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for...
ALASKA HOUSING FINANCE CORP. v. SALVUCCI - 12/19/1997
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an appeal by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) from certain rulings of the superior court in favor of former AHFC employee Pat Salvucci. The superior court directed a verdict for Salvucci on...
WICHMAN v. BENNER - 11/21/1997
I. INTRODUCTION
The central issue in this appeal is whether an employer or insurance carrier may assign its statutory right to reimbursement of workers' compensation benefits from the recovery of an injured employee against a...
GROVE v. ALASKA CONST. AND ERECTORS - 11/14/1997
I. INTRODUCTION
The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board (Board) awarded benefits to David Grove because of a back injury he sustained while working for Alaska Construction & Erectors. The Board denied Grove any medical costs...
RICE v. DENLEY - 9/26/1997
I. INTRODUCTION
Michael Rice appeals from a superior court order granting Kimberly Denley's motion to reduce a settlement agreement to judgment. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS ...
TWIGGS v. MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE - 6/13/1997
I. INTRODUCTION
John Twiggs fell and injured his back while serving as a volunteer policeman in 1987. Twiggs filed a workers' compensation claim seeking, among other things, permanent partial disability benefits (PPD). At the...
LINDEKUGEL v. FLUOR ALASKA - 3/28/1997
On August 26, 1976, John Lindekugel suffered a serious back injury while working for Fluor Alaska. Lindekugel and Fluor entered into a compromise and release on May
21, 1979, settling Lindekugel's various disability claims...
STATE v. TITUS - 3/14/1997
A Fort Yukon jury found John Titus guilty of first-degree sexual assault. In the week following this verdict, Titus and a defense investigator interviewed several jurors, asking them why they had voted to convict. Based on these...
HUGHES v. FOSTER WHEELER CO. - 3/7/1997
I. INTRODUCTION
Thirty merchant mariners filed complaints against various shipowners and asbestos manufacturers alleging personal injuries and wrongful deaths caused by exposure to asbestos while they served aboard various...
COX v. COX - 2/7/1997
On remand from our first decision in this case, Cox v. Cox, 882 P.2d 909 (Alaska 1994) (Cox I), the superior court adhered to its view that an equal division of the parties' marital property was appropriate, made certain adjustments...
SECOND INJURY FUND v. ARCTIC BOWL - 12/13/1996
I. INTRODUCTION
This case is an appeal from the superior court acting as an intermediate court of appeal from a decision of the Worker's Compensation Board. Second Injury Fund (SIF) appeals the superior court's decision...
MCCONKEY v. HART - 11/29/1996
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal presents a question of interpretation of the prejudgment interest statute, AS 09.30.070, and a question of the appropriateness of awarding prejudgment interest on an award of future damages. The...
MADDOX v. RIVER & SEA MARINE - 11/8/1996
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an appeal from a superior court decision granting summary judgment to defendant River and Sea Marine, Inc. (River and Sea), and dismissing the negligence claim of plaintiff Jerry Maddox (Maddox). The...
WAGNER v. STUCKAGAIN HEIGHTS - 11/8/1996
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal from a decision of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board (the Board) requires us to decide whether the workers' compensation law that was in effect until 1988 permits an employee to recover...
HUSTON v. COHO ELEC. - 9/27/1996
We must here consider whether AS 23.30.110(c) time bars Danny Huston's claim for workers' compensation benefits. The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board dismissed Huston's claims as untimely. The superior court affirmed when Huston...
SMITH v. THOMPSON - 9/20/1996
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
This appeal arises from a November 30, 1987 automobile accident involving Barbara Smith and John Thompson. Smith was heading north on Laurel Street in Anchorage when Thompson, unable to stop his truck...
STONE v. INTERNATIONAL MARINE CARRIERS - 6/21/1996
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal requires us to determine whether the Suits in Admiralty Act (SAA), 46 U.S.C. § 741-52, or the Public Vessels Act (PVA), 46 U.S.C. § 781-90, precludes an injured seaman's claims against a private...
HAMILTON v. BLACKMAN - 5/17/1996
1. INTRODUCTION
Nearly twenty-six months after they and their children were injured in a two-vehicle collision, Michael Hamilton and Robyn Willett brought a tort action against a deceased person, William Blackmon. Blackmon,...
CHOKWAK v. WORLEY - 3/8/1996
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Phillip Chokwak, a minor, became intoxicated at a party hosted by Les and Ron
Worley. The Worleys, ages 15 and 17, had furnished a keg of beer and a punch drink mixed with grain alcohol for...
D.D. v. Insurance Company Of North America - 11/24/1995
[No. 4284 - November 24, 1995]
Certified Question from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, James K. Singleton, Jr., Judge.
EASTAUGH, Justice, with whom MOORE, Chief Justice, joins, concurring in...
Burcina v. City of Ketchikan - 9/22/1995
No. 4260
I. INTRODUCTION
Ricky Burcina, who has a long history of mental illness and substance abuse, set fire to the Gateway Mental Health Drop-In Center and was subsequently convicted of arson. Thereafter, Burcina filed...
Osborne Construction Co. v. Jordan - 9/15/1995
[No. 4259 - September 15, 1995]
Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Dale O. Curda, Judge.
EASTAUGH, Justice, with whom COMPTON, Justice, joins, dissenting.
I....
In re Estate of Brandon - 8/18/1995
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED:
1. Hedland, Fleischer, Friedman, Brennan & Cooke's petition for rehearing, filed on June 12, 1995, is DENIED.
2. Joseph L. Kashi's petition for rehearing, filed on June 12, 1995, is GRANTED in...
McGilvary v. Hansen - 6/30/1995
[No. 4227 - June 30, 1995]
Petition for Review from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Jay Hodges, Judge.
The trial court struck petitioners' answer to the Hansens' personal...
State v. Albert - 6/23/1995
No. 4225 - June 23, 1995
Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Mary E. Greene, Judge.
BRYNER, Justice, pro tem, dissenting, joined by RABINOWITZ, Justice, as to parts...
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