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La Quen Naay Elizabeth Medicine Crow, Amber Lee, and Kevin Mcgee v. Director Carol Beecher, in her Official Capacity, Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, in her Official Capacity (6/27/2025) sp-7775
[Constitutional] (Alaska ballot initiaties)
[Statutory Construction] (“sliding-scale”)
Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. Keluco General Contractors, Gretchen E. Santerre, Country Mutual Insurance Company, and Country Financial (6/27/2025) sp-7774
[Contracts] (renewal of policy; prejudgment interest)
[Procedure, Civil] (allocation of fault to party)
[Workers' Compensation] (lapsed policy; prejudgment interest)
Johnson Construction Company v. Albin Carlson & Co., Contractors (6/13/2025) sp-7773
[Attorneys and Judges] (Fees under Civil Rule 68)
[Damages] (proving damages in construction cases)
[Procedure, Civil] (Rule 26, initial disclosures)
Brent Beckwith and Laurie Renee Beckwith, Individually and as Parents of A. M. B., a Minor v. ENI Petroleum US, LLC and ENI US Operating Co., Inc. (6/6/2025) sp-7772
[Workers' Compensation] (federal LHWCA case)
Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC v. Jeannie Duvall; v. Allese Riddle; v. Lorrena Terry (5/23/2025) sp-7771
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (Unfair Trade Practices; UTPA)
[Contracts] (contract law is debt collection cases)
[Evidence] (hearsay; business records exception)
In the Matter of the Estate of Erna Rousey (5/16/2025) sp-7770
[Attorneys and Judges] (enhanced fee award)
[Evidence] (expert testimony; Daubert/Coon standard)
[Probate] (gifts to children; undue influence)
Lee Baker, Jr. v. Kenneth M. Duffus, Kenneth M. Duffus v. Lee E. Baker, Jr. (5/16/2025) sp-7769
[Attorneys and Judges] (attorney’s lien)
[Procedure, Civil] (trial judge determines witness credibility)
Yako W. Collins v. State of Alaska (5/9/2025) sp-7768
[Statutory Construction] (doctrine of clarifying legislation)
Gregory Smith, Rowdy James, Sharlynn Morgan, Arthur Smith, Larry Tunley, and Brian Vaughan v. Municipality of Anchorage (5/9/2025) sp-7767
[Administrative Agencies] (appeal of agency decision to superior court; agency cannot decide constitutional issue)
Emily Roseberry v. North Slope Borough School District and North Slope Borough School District Board of Education (5/9/2025) sp-7766
[Procedure, Civil] (issue preclusion; collateral estoppel; facts in Rule 12(b)(6) motion, reasonable inferences)
John D. Rochon v. City of Nome, Allen Wright, and Jackie L.Reader (5/2/2025) sp-7765
[Municipal Corporations] (municipality not liable for gratuitous services)
[Torts] (city not liable; Good Samaritan statute)
Robert Cassell v. State of Alaska, Department of Fish & Game, Board of Game (5/2/2025) sp-7764
[Constitutional] (management of fish and wildlife ... Kodiak bears)
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Lila B. (5/2/2025) sp-7763
[Constitutional] (right to decide one’s hairstyle and medical treatment)
[Evidence] (what “clear and convincing evidence” requires)
Kenneth John Jouppi v. State of Alaska, State of Alaska v. Kenneth John Jouppi (4/18/2025) sp-7762
[Constitutional] (excessive fines; forfeiture)
[Procedure, Appellate] (Deference to the leg islature)
David Griffith v. Roger Hemphill, Donald Davis, and JDO Law, PC (4/11/2025) sp-7761
[Procedure, Civil] (motion to dismiss; judicial notice; counterclaim)
[Torts] (NIED; abuse of process; malicious prosecution)
Z.C. v. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, et al. (3/28/2025) sp-7760
[Constitutional] (due process; equal protection; preemption)
State of Alaska, Dept. of Education & Early Development, and Deena M. Bishop, in an official capacity, and Andrea Moceri, Theresa Brooks, and Brandy Pennington v. Edward Alexander, Josh Andrews, Shelby Beck Andrews, and Carey Carpenter (3/28/2025) sp-7759
[Constitutional] (state funds for private schools)
Kaiser-Francis Oil Company and Aurora-KF, LLC v. Deutsche Oel & Gas, S.A., Rieck Oil, Inc., and Kay Rieck (3/28/2025) sp-7758
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (piercing the corporate veil)
Holly Sheldon-Lee v. Birch Horton Bittner, Inc., an Alaska Corporation, David K. Gross, and Mara E. Michaletz (3/21/2025) sp-7757
[Attorneys and Judges] (attorney malpractice)
[Procedure, Civil] (attorney malpractice; statute of limitations)
Lydia May f/k/a Lydia Petersen v. Jon-Marc Petersen (3/14/2025) sp-7756
[Family Law] (goodwill in property division)
R. Brett Stirling v. North Slope Borough School District (3/14/2025) sp-7755
[Constitutional] (teacher’s first amendment rights)
Gregory Kisling v. Paul Grosz, Paul Grosz v. Gregory Kisling (3/14/2025) sp-7754
[Damages] (allocating fault and noneconomic cap)
[Torts] (allocating fault and noneconomic cap)
ITMO Protective Proceedings of Macon J. (3/14/2025) sp-7753
[Family Law] (appointing a guardian for a child)
[Probate] (appointing a guardian for a child)
The Estate of Josiah Wheeler v. Garrison Property and Casualty Insurance Company (2/28/2025) sp-7752
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (insurance contract; “reasonable expectations”)
Robert Wills v. Aniela Humphries, f/k/a Aniela Whah-Wills (2/21/2025) sp-7751
[Family Law] (offset against child support)
Deanna Smith v. State of Alaska, Department of Corrections (2/21/2025) sp-7750
[Torts] (State has a duty to supervise parolees)
Office of Public Advocacy v. Superior Court, First Judicial District (2/14/2025) sp-7749
[Administrative Agencies] (represent criminal defendant)
Peter Chapman v. Julia Chapman (2/14/2025) sp-7748
[Family Law] (child support; imputing potential income)
Dawn Maynor, f/k/a Dawn Golden v. Timothy B. Golden (2/14/2025) sp-7747
[Family Law] (UCCJEA)
In the Matter of the Protective Proceedings of G.J.F (2/14/2025) sp-7746
[Probate] (full vs. partial guardianship)
Michelle Stone Bittner v. State of Alaska, Board of Game; and Douglas Vincent-Lang, Commissioner, Department of Fish & Game, in an official capacity (2/14/2025) sp-7745
[Administrative Agencies] (declaratory judgment, validity of regulation)
[Procedure, Civil] (“standing,” a prudential doctrine; motion to dismiss)
ITMO Protective Proceeding of S.J. (2/7/2025) sp-7744
[Equity] (collateral estoppel)
[Procedure, Civil] (collateral estoppel)
Brad S. (Father) v. State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS (2/7/2025) sp-7743
[Constitutional] (adverse inferences from pleading Fifth Amendment)
Joseph Rivera v. State of Alaska, Department of Administration Division of Motor Vehicles (2/7/2025) sp-7742
[Administrative Agencies] (driver’s license; interstate compact)
[Statutory Construction] (rubrics of construction)
Kathryn Thomason v. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Senior and Disabilities Services (2/7/2025) sp-7741
[Constitutional] (due process; Mathews rule)
[Equity] (equitable toll statute of limitations)
[Procedure, Civil] (equitable toll statute of limitations)
State of Alaska v. The Estate of Harry Powell (1/24/2025) sp-7740
[Criminal] (hearsay in grand jury proceedings)
[Evidence] (hearsay in grand jury proceedings)
Arlene Tripp and Jack Tripp v. City and Borough of Juneau, Derek Bos, and Juneau Police Department (1/17/2025) sp-7739
[Torts] (proof of duty, three-step, process)
Peggy Downing v. Shoreside Petroleum, Inc. (1/17/2025) sp-7738
[Damages] (proving lost future earning capacity)
[Torts] (proving lost future earning capacity)
Mate Valoaga v. State of Alaska, Department of Corrections (1/17/2025) sp-7737
[Constitutional] (due process in prison disciplinary proceeding)
[Criminal] (disciplinary proceeding, standard of proof)
Sandra J. Rusch and Brenda Dockter v. Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and Alaska National Insurance Company (1/17/2025) sp-7736
[Workers' Compensation] (attorney fees; lodestar approach; enhanced fees)

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