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Alaskan village takes global warming case to U.S. SC

May 8, 2013 8:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — An Alaskan village claiming that global warming is eroding its shoreline has taken its fight to the U.S. Supreme Court. The village of Kivalina filed its petition for a writ of certiorari with the nation’s high … Read More »

Alaska, Global Warming, News, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court

Alaska SC: Plane owner can’t present more claims for damages in suit against airfield

April 23, 2013 11:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) — The Alaska Supreme Court this month upheld a lower court’s ruling not allowing a plane owner to present several additional claims in a lawsuit over damage to his plane. Plaintiff James Madonna owns a two-seat … Read More »

Alaska, News, State Supreme Courts

Alaska SC sides with city in contract dispute with union

April 5, 2013 9:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) — The Alaska Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of the Municipality of Anchorage in a continued dispute over the city’s contract with a union representing workers at its water and wastewater facility. For more … Read More »

Alaska, Labor Issues, News, State Supreme Courts

Alaska AG warns of text message scams

April 3, 2013 12:03 PM
By Bryan Cohen

JUNEAU, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty’s Consumer Protection Unit has issued a warning about a text message credit card scam targeting Alaskans. According to a warning from the Anchorage Field Office of the FBI, Alaskans have … Read More »

Alaska, Federal Government, News, State AGs, States

Alaska SC, clarifying ‘savings statute,’ gives medical service provider a second chance at suit

March 19, 2013 2:25 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) — The Alaska Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the state’s so-called “savings statute” does not require timely notice of an initial complaint. In 2005, appellant American Marine Corporation d/b/a American Hyperbaric Center provided appellee … Read More »

Alaska, News, State Supreme Courts

Alaska AG reaches settlement with German ferry engine maker

March 18, 2013 11:18 AM
By Bryan Cohen

JUNEAU, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty announced the approval of a settlement Thursday with a German engine manufacturer and its U.S. affiliate to resolve allegations of faulty design in the state’s fast ferries. The settlement with … Read More »

Alaska, News, State AGs, States

Alaska SC rules in case over contingency fee agreement

February 6, 2013 2:15 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) — The Alaska Supreme Court ruled last week that an arbitration panel’s fee award and a lower court’s entry of judgment violated federal restrictions on contingency fee contracts involving Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act lands. In … Read More »

Alaska, News, State Supreme Courts

Alaska SC: Landlord not responsible for tenant’s fall on stairs

February 5, 2013 11:30 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) — The Alaska Supreme Court last week upheld a jury verdict in favor of a landlord who was sued by a tenant for failure to maintain a set of wooden stairs outside of a second-floor apartment. … Read More »

Alaska, State Supreme Courts

Alaska SC rejects estate’s appeal of insurance decision

January 29, 2013 12:50 PM
By Nathan Bass

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – The Alaska Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the estate of a man who had turned down GEICO’s offer to pay the policy limits, and it affirmed the trial court’s decision denying insurance coverage to … Read More »

Alaska, News, State Supreme Courts

Federal appeals court denies Alaskan village’s petition for rehearing in global warming suit

January 24, 2013 11:46 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — A federal appeals court has denied a petition for a rehearing of a case by an Alaskan village claiming that global warming is eroding its shoreline. In October, the village of Kivalina — which claims … Read More »

Alaska, Global Warming, News, U.S. District Court