Alaska Cases ©   Coverage   Help   Search Westlaw   Topic: AllCriminal JusticeEducationEnvironmental LawFamily LawFinance & BankingHealth & MedicineLabor & EmploymentPension & Retirement BenefitsReal PropertyTort LawWorkers Compensation Joseph SCHIEL, Plaintiff, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant. , Alaska, November 20, 2009 Certified Question from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, Timothy M. Burgess, Judge. Peter R. Ehrhardt, Kenai, for Plaintiff. Erin B. Marston, Marston & Cole, P.C., Anchorage, for Defendant. John W. Erickson, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for Amicus Curiae State of Alaska. Gary M. Guarino, Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson P. Cohen, United States Attorney, Anchorage, and Gregory G. Ka... Barry Lee LAPP, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 20, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Niesje J. Steinkruger, Judge. Kenneth L. Covell, Fairbanks, for the Appellant. Diane L. Wendlandt, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges. OPINION BOLGER, Judge. In 1995, Barry Lee Lapp was convicted of manslaughter and five counts of assault.... Robin L. PEPPER, Appellant, v. ROUTH CRABTREE, APC; Richard L. Crabtree; and CRI, LLC a/k/a Checkrite of Anchorage, Appellees. , Alaska, November 20, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Third Judicial District at Anchorage, Mark Rindner, Judge. James J. Davis, Jr., Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Anchorage, and Deepak Gupta, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Richard L. Crabtree and Ryan W. Fitzpatrick, Routh Crabtree, APC, Anchorage, for Appellees. Joanne S. Faulkner, National Association of Consumer Advocates, New Haven, Connecticut, Charles Delbaum, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusett... LEE O. STENSETH, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALASKA, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 18, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Palmer, Eric Smith, Judge. Appearances: Margi A. Mock, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant. W.H. Hawley, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: Coats, Chief Judge, and Mannheimer and Bolger, Judges. MANNHEIMER, Judge, concurring. NOTICE Memo... WALTER R. JOHNSTON III, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALASKA, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 18, 2009 Appeal from the District Court, First Judicial District, Ketchikan, Kevin G. Miller, Judge. Appearances: Catherine Boruff, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Nicholas Polasky, Assistant District Attorney, Stephen R. West, District Attorney, Ketchikan, and Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: Coats, Chief Judge, and Mannheimer and Bolger, Judges. NOTICE Memorandum decisions of this c... JULIUS EUGENE BEDMINSTER, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALASKA, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 18, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Douglas Blankenship, Judge. Appearances: Shelley K. Chaffin, Law Office of Shelley K. Chaffin, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Tom V. Jamgochian, Assistant District Attorney, J. Michael Gray, District Attorney, Fairbanks, and Daniel S. Sullivan, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: Coats, Chief Judge, and Mannheimer and Bolger, Judges. NOTICE Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal preced... RALPH SCOTT INGA, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALASKA, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 18, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Philip R. Volland, Judge. Appearances: Marjorie K. Allard, Assistant Public Defender, Anchorage, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: Coats, Chief Judge, and Mannheimer and Bolger, Judges. NOTICE Memorandum decisions... Bobbie Ann HUNTER, Appellant, v. Shaun T. CONWELL, Appellee. , Alaska, November 13, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Second Judicial District, Kotzebue, Richard H. Erlich, Judge. Bobbie A. Hunter, pro se, Fairbanks, Appellant. Margaret O'Toole Rogers, Foster & Rogers, LLC, Fairbanks, for Appellee. Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, WINFREE, and CHRISTEN, Justices. OPINION CHRISTEN, Justice. I. INTRODUCTION Bobbie Ann Hunter and Shaun Conwell are the parents of two boys. After their relationship ended, Conwell filed a complain... Howard WEINER and Katherine A. Garrison, Appellants, v. BURR, PEASE & KURTZ, P.C., an Alaska Professional Corporation, Appellee. , Alaska, November 13, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Jack Smith, Judge. Charles E. Tulin, Anchorage, for Appellants. Richard A. Helm, Bookman & Helm, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellee. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, WINFREE, and CHRISTEN, Justices. OPINION CHRISTEN, Justice. I. INTRODUCTION This appeal involves a dispute over the modification of a law firm's contingent-fee agreement. The main questions presented are whether the ... Mark A. VANVELZOR, Appellant, v. Jessica A. VANVELZOR, Appellee. , Alaska, November 13, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Stephanie E. Joannides, Judge. Kenneth M. Wasche, Kenneth M. Wasche, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant. No appearance by Appellee. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, WINFREE, and CHRISTEN, Justices. OPINION CARPENETI, Justice. I. INTRODUCTION A husband moved to Alaska and filed for annulment of his marriage or divorce from his wife, who lives in Ohio, and alleged a number of per... Dewey MORRIS, III, Appellant, v. Sandra J. HORN, Appellee. , Alaska, November 13, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Palmer, Eric Smith, Judge, and Vanessa White, Judge. Dewey Morris, III, pro se, Anchorage, Appellant. William Grant Stewart, Wasilla, for Appellee. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, WINFREE, and CHRISTEN, Justices. OPINION CHRISTEN, Justice. I. INTRODUCTION Dewey Morris, III appeals superior court orders enforcing a property settlement agreement, modifying child support, and limiting v... Lawrence J. ETHELBAH, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Mary Sue WALKER f/k/a Ethelbah, Appellee and Cross-Appellant. , Alaska, November 13, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, First Judicial District, Juneau, Patricia A. Collins, Judge. Gregory W. Lessmeier, Lessmeier & Winters, Juneau, for Appellant and Cross- Appellee. Chrystal Sommers Brand, Family Lawyer (An Alaska Corp.), Juneau, for Appellee and Cross-Appellant. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, WINFREE and CHRISTEN, Justices. OPINION CARPENETI, Justice. I. INTRODUCTION A husband appeals the property division in his divorce. H... Kyiesha PARKER, Appellant, v. Terrance PARKER, Sr., Appellee. , Alaska, November 12, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Robert B. Downes, Judge. Kyiesha Parker, pro se, Detroit, Michigan. Appellee Terrance Parker did not enter an appearance. Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, CHRISTEN, Justices, and MATTHEWS, Senior Justice pro tem. [FN*] [EASTAUGH, Justice, not participating.]. FN* Sitting by assignment under article IV, section 11 of the Alaska Constitution and Administrative Rule 23(a). ... Jeffrey E. VENZKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 12, 2009 Appeal from the District Court, Third Judicial District, Glennallen, Jeanmarie P. Wilkinson, Magistrate. Benjamin I. Whipple, Palmer, for the Appellant. Jarom B. Bangerter, Assistant District Attorney, Roman J. Kalytiak, District Attorney, Palmer, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT BOLGER, Judge. Jeffrey E. Venzke was found guilty of taking a bull moose th... Gary LUNDGREN, Appellant, v. CITY OF WASILLA, an Alaskan municipal corporation, Appellee. , Alaska, November 6, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Peter A. Michalski, Judge. Steven S. Tervooren, Hughes Pfiffner Gorski Seedorf & Odsen, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellant. Gregory Miller, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot, Anchorage, for Appellee. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, WINFREE, and CHRISTEN, Justices. OPINION WINFREE, Justice. I. INTRODUCTION A landowner challenged a municipality's delay in replatting and providing a... Harvey A. HANSEN and Annette M. Hansen, Appellants, v. Marvin P. DAVIS and Arlene Lani Davis, Appellees. , Alaska, November 6, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, First Judicial District, Ketchikan, Michael A. Thompson, Judge. Christopher J. Boyette, McCarty & Boyette, Ketchikan, for Appellants. H. Clay Keene and Blake M. Chupka, Keene & Currall, P.C., Ketchikan, for Appellees. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, WINFREE, and CHRISTEN, Justices. OPINION FABE, Chief Justice. I. INTRODUCTION When William Rodgers sold Lot 53-A in Ketchikan to Marvin and Arlene Lani Davis in ... MAT-SU VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, LLC, an Alaska limited liability company, d/b/a Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, Appellant, v. ADVANCED PAIN CENTERS OF ALASKA, INC., an Alaskan corporation, d/b/a Advanced Medical Centers of Alaska; State Of Alaska, De, Alaska, November 6, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Peter A. Michalski, Judge. John F. Sullivan, Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder, P.S., Bellevue, Washington, for Appellant. Stanley T. Lewis, Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot, and Linda A. Webb, Hagans, Ahearn & Webb, Anchorage, for Advanced Pain Centers of Alaska, Inc. Kelly E. Henriksen, Assistant Attorney General, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for State of Alaska, Department of Hea... H & J CORPORATION, d/b/a PJ's and/or Papa Joe's, Appellant, v. Aaron MURFITT and Adrian Murfitt, and Jack Harshfield, Appellees. , Alaska, November 4, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Craig Stowers, Judge. Phillip J. Eide, Eide, Gingras & Pate, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant. Michael J. Schneider, Law Offices of Michael J. Schneider, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellees. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT [FN*] FN* Entered pursuant to Alaska Appellate Rule 214. I. INTRODUCTION A drunk driver to whom a bar ha... Burt Gregory MERCULIEF Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 4, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Philip R. Volland, Judge. David K. Allen, Assistant Public Advocate, Fairbanks, and Rachel Levitt, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Eric Ringsmuth, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT BOL... Joseph CLARKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. , Alaska App., November 4, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Michael L. Wolverton, Judge. Josie Garton, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant. James Fayette, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Wayne A. Ross, Attorney General Designate, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT COATS, Chief Ju... AAA VALLEY GRAVEL, INC., Appellant, v. Alicia TOTARO and Herman Ramirez, Appellees. Alicia Totaro, Cross-Appellant, v. AAA Valley Gravel, Inc., Cross-Appellee. , Alaska, October 30, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Palmer, Eric Smith, Judge. William G. Royce, Law Office of William G. Royce, Anchorage, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Richard L. Harren, Law Offices of Richard L. Harren, P.C., Wasilla, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Alicia Totaro. Ross A. Kopperud, Palmer, for Appellee Herman Ramirez. Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices. OPINION PER CURIAM. I. INTRODUCTI... Nancy J. HILLSTRAND, Appellant, v. CITY OF HOMER, Appellee. , Alaska, October 30, 2009 Holdings: The Supreme Court, Winfree, J., held that: (1) Superior Court did not err by refusing to order the city to complete a final plat by a specific date; (2) city's decision to take land in fee for the vegetative buffer between the taken parcel and landowner's remainder parcel was not arbitrary; and (3) eminent domain statute, governing classification of estates and land subject to be taken, did not prohibit city from taking a fee interest in land to be used as a vegetative buff... Christopher E. WALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. , Alaska App., October 28, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Fourth Judicial District, Fairbanks, Randy M. Olsen, Judge. Brian T. Duffy, Assistant Public Advocate, and Rachel Levitt, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Ann B. Black, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT BOLGER, Judge. ... CARRIE K., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Appellee. Jake H., Appellant, v. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Children's Services, Appelle, Alaska, October 28, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court of the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Palmer, Eric Smith, Judge. Angela Greene, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant. Carrie K. Abigail E. Sheldon, Wasilla, for Appellant. Jake H. Megan R. Webb, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee. Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, WINFREE, and CHRISTEN, Justices. M... Patrick H. TORRENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. , Alaska App., October 28, 2009 Appeal from the Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage, Eric A. Aarseth, Judge. David Reineke, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant. Ann B. Black, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Richard A. Svobodny, Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee. Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT COATS, Chief Judg... © 2009 West, a Thomson business Westlaw Integration Solutions  /  Westlaw.com