CRIMINAL LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Rasa Kerelis In State of Alaska v. Brennan Grubb 546 P.3d 586 (Alaska 2024), the Alaska supreme court held that the parent of a sexually abused minor was owed restitution accounting for her future lost wages and retirement benefits. (Id.). After Brennan Grubb sexually abused a minor, the Continue Reading »
BUSINESS LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Jack Jeffrey In Baker v. Duffus, 542 P.3d 1153 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that (1) for a transaction to be exempt from the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act (UTPA) because it is a real estate transaction, the transfer of an interest in real property Continue Reading »
INSURANCE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Abby Murray In responding to two certified questions from the U.S. District Court, the supreme court in Baxter Senior Living, LLC v. Zurich American Insurance Co. held as a matter of first impression that neither the presence of the COVID-19 virus at an insured property, nor operating restrictions Continue Reading »
CRIMINAL LAW Court of Appeals of Alaska (2024) Holly Merrill In Burns v. State, 543 P.3d 1013 (Alaska Ct. App. 2024), the court of appeals held that AS 17.38, which legalized the personal use of marijuana and operation of licensed marijuana businesses, did not implicitly repeal AS 11.71.190(b). (Id. at 1018–19). The earlier law declared Continue Reading »
INSURANCE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Lauren Beizer In Fischer v. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 548 P.3d 1086 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that a teacher raised a genuine dispute of material fact regarding damages, therefore, reversing and remanding the Superior Court of the State of Alaska’s summary judgment order regarding the Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Madison Detweiler In City of Valdez v. Regul. Comm’n of Alaska, 548 P.3d 1067 (Alaska 2024), reh’g denied (May 31, 2024), the supreme court held that interested parties must exhaust all reasonably available administrative remedies before seeking judicial review of a Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) decision that (1) denied Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Caitlyn Leary In Cooper Leasing, LLC v. Woronzof Condominium Ass’n, 548 P.3d 636 (Alaska 2024), the Supreme Court held that equitable doctrines could not defeat an owner’s recorded title to condominium common areas without the owner’s clear intention to transfer the property interest. (Id. at 651–53). The Woronzof Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Jack Jeffrey In Griswold v. City of Homer, No. S-18608, 2024 WL 4246636 (Alaska Sept. 20, 2024), the supreme court held that a detached dwelling unit does not need a conditional use permit provided that it is an accessory building to a principal single-family dwelling. (Id. at 263). Continue Reading »
EMPLOYMENT LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Holly Merrill In Jesperson v. Tri-City Air, 547 P.3d 1042 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that the Alaska Worker’s Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion, and that there was substantial evidence to support its decision to deny a pilot’s worker’s compensation for medical care rendered over Continue Reading »
TAX LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Brendan Genaw In City of Valdez v. Prince William Sound Oil Spill Response Corp., 548 P.3d 616 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court affirmed the lower court holding that Alaska’s three-year statute of limitations on tax assessments, AS 43.05.260, applied, and the Department of Revenue (“Revenue”) cannot retroactively assess Continue Reading »
