Alaska Employment Law

At Alaska Law Blog, run by Atkinson Conway, Jerome Juday continues to hyperventilate, this time about the Alaska Supreme Court and premises liability:

I hate to be one of those guys who says “I told you so!” So as I read the latest opinions from the Alaska Supreme Court, I started sweating. Then my mouth hung open. Just before my jaw hit the desk, I exclaimed: “Holy white socks ‘neath black robes, Batman! I was right!”

You see, I recently wrote about the Alaska Supreme Court’s decision in Edenshaw v. Safeway, Inc. I boldly predicted Edenshaw would be distinguished away into near oblivion. Well, the distinguishing away has slyly begun. The Alaska Supreme Court just ruled this past Friday [Burnett v. Covell] that no jury question is presented in a premises liability case unless there is at least some minimally adequate proof of negligence. This undercuts the broad language of Edenshaw, which said exactly the opposite.

Juday’s partner Richard Vollertsen, at Alaska Injury Law Blog, more calmly discusses drugs the FDA fears are unsafe, herbal supplements for pregnant women, and “improper financial ties” between doctors and medical device manufacturers. 

Peggy Roston, at Alaska Divorce Blog, posts on “A Short Guide to the Divorce From Hell,” and “Child Support and Child Custody: How They Tie Together.”