An Anchorage jury has returned a defense verdict in a case in which an employee sued her employer as both an employer and landlord.
Marilyn Coppe worked for Dr. Michael Bleicher. She sued him for retaliatory discharge (OSHA) and for injuries from both sick-building syndrome and failure to train in proper procedures for handing medical products. In pre-trial motions, Judge […]
The 9th Circuit (per Raymond Fisher) has held that U. S. District Judge John Sedwick used the incorrect legal standard of culpability to apply to “a police officer who kills a suspect in the course of investigating a suspicious car parked alongside an Alaska highway, under circumstances that suggest the officer may have helped to create an […]
The Anchorage Daily News reports that the State currently charges $73.87/hr. for technician time to search and review e-mails subject to a request under the Alaska Public Records Act. The cost may go down to $60/hr. soon. The State sometimes waives fees for requests for less than 200 pages.
