Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Recent ASCHR Opinions

Sometime next week the Alaska Office of Administrative Hearings should start electronic publication of agency opinons, including those from the Human Rights Commission and the various occupational licensing bodies. 
In the meantime, here are summaries of the most recent (significant) OAH opinions from the Human Rights Commission.  The full opinions are available through a Public Records […]

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

DAlaska: Designation of Life Insurance Beneficiary

Judge John Sedwick has held that Alaska’s “revocation-upon-divorce” statute, AS 13.12.804(a)(1)(A), creates a rebuttable presumption of revocation.  He also held that the insured’s post-divorce statement of intent not to change the designation of his ex-wife as beneficiary sufficed to rebut the presumption and survived a Statute of Frauds objection.
 State Farm Life Ins. Co. v. Davis, […]