ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - An elementary school nurse who was exposed to bodily fluids while trying to save a child choking on his lunch can’t collect workers’ compensation benefits over the stress of the incident, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled, agreeing the evidence suggested the woman had preexisting emotional difficulties.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - An Alaska housing authority must pay $3 million to a man and his family because the authority didn’t continue to inspect a boiler in a house after the man had fully paid for it, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - An Alaska man who was elected to the board of a tribal corporation was properly barred from taking his seat because he refused to sign a confidentiality agreement, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled, rejecting as unripe for adjudication his argument the clause was overbroad and prevented him from disclosing wrongdoing.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - The Alaska Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit claiming the state’s young residents had a constitutional right to block oil and gas development in the state in order to reduce human-induced global warming, saying the elected branches, not the courts, were the place to decide energy policy.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - An Alaska woman whose local attorney farmed out her medical malpractice lawsuit to a Michigan law firm lost her bid to revive the case after the Alaska Supreme Court said it should be dismissed because of missed deadlines.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – A man who was assaulted and tortured will get a second chance to sue a hospital over his medical information being released to one of his assailants.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – A couple’s reliance on a pharmacist for expert testimony in their medical malpractice lawsuit was a bad idea, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) - Alaska’s high court upheld nearly $100,000 in sanctions against a lawyer who pursued a wrongful-termination lawsuit against Alaska Airlines for nearly a year without informing the airline or the court that his client was dead.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – An Alaska Railroad Corp. employee failed to prove in an Alaskan court that he was a victim of racial discrimination when he was passed up for a new job.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a lower court's ruling that granted an attorney the right to withdraw from a case over a boating accident that occurred in 1993.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – The dismissal of a lawsuit over a ballot initiative that attempted to prohibit marijuana business in the borough of Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, has been affirmed by the state's high court.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – On Sept. 21, the Supreme Court of the State of Alaska vacated a judgment that prevented a woman from bringing an officer in as a witness in a lawsuit over a man's injuries after he was allegedly pushed by a bartender, ordering a new trial.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – On Sept. 14, it was a lack of jurisdiction that caused the Supreme Court of the state of Alaska to affirm the Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District’s ruling dismiss a suit in favor of a company that was sued for allegedly falsifying a woman’s cancer recovery in a brochure.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – On Aug. 24, Alaska Supreme Court Justice Daniel E. Winfree upheld the ruling of the Third Judicial District Superior Court concerning a lawsuit in which an insurance company sued a trucking company for $3.5 million paid for oil spill remediation.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of a superior court on Aug. 24 to allow registered independent voters to run for political office on the Democratic Party ticket in primary elections.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of a lower court and in fining the former Fairbanks mayor for using government resources in his mayoral campaign in 2013.
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Supreme Court has agreed with the state of Alaska that a ballot measure that would prohibit development of projects damaging waters that support migrating fish, contains some unconstitutional provisions.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – An employee of a municipal government in Alaska has failed in a bid to reverse his firing over allegedly making statements co-workers interpreted as threats.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – A woman whose daughter died on the job has failed to convince the Supreme Court of the State of Alaska she should receive additional compensation.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – The Alaska Supreme Court has found that a native corporation is owed hundreds of thousands of dollars by a law firm over a land deal litigated for decades.
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