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   State Courts - Alaska - October 16 - October 28, 2009
  
Frost v. Spencer, Supreme Court Nos. S-12577/12587, No. 6425, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, October 16, 2009, Decided
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Kelly v. Dep't of Corr., Supreme Court No. S-12814, No. 6422, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, October 16, 2009, Decided
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Labrenz v. Burnett, Supreme Court No. S-12770, No. 6420, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, October 16, 2009, Decided
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Thurston v. Guys with Tools, Ltd., Supreme Court No. S-12939, No. 6423, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, October 16, 2009, Decided
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Overview: In a worker's compensation matter following an employee's injury to her knee, additional determinations were needed because Workers' Compensation Board did not explicitly find that employee's left knee disability was a substantial factor in her total disability.

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Valdez Fisheries Dev. Ass'n v. Froines, Supreme Court No. S-13228, No. 6424, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, October 16, 2009, Decided
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Overview: In a dispute over the award of attorney's fees in a breach of contract dispute, superior court erred because it read caselaw as preventing it from using its discretion to make an objective evaluation and compelling it to accept the amount of time that attorney chose to spend on the case.

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Wagner v. Wagner, Supreme Court No. S-13055, Supreme Court No. S-13175, No. 6421, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, October 16, 2009, Decided
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Overview: In a breach of contract dispute between a father and son, father's appeal was not a proper context for attacking superior court's enforcement of its judgment for specific performance because the proper vehicle for relief from judgment was an Alaska R. Civ. P. 60 motion.

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Pete v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-10064, No. 5533, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, October 21, 2009, Decided
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Carrie K. v. State, Supreme Court No. S-13344, No. 1350, Supreme Court No. S-13362, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, October 28, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Superior court did not err in terminating mother's parental rights because the mother failed to remedy her conduct. Office of Children's Services' efforts to reunify father with daughter were sufficient because the efforts were coupled with Department of Corrections' service. Further, termination of father's rights was in daughter's best interests.

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Torrence v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-9990, No. 5534, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, October 28, 2009, Decided
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Overview: In a trial for third-degree assault, evidence was sufficient to show that defendant's arms met the definition of a "dangerous instrument," pursuant to Alaska Stat. ? 11.81.900(15) (former) because evidence showed, among other things, that defendant choked victim until the victim's blood flow was restricted, his vision faded, and he passed out.

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Wall v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-10178/A-10179/A-10181, No. 5535, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, October 28, 2009, Decided
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Overview: When defendant attempted to withdraw his no contest pleas in a felony DUI matter, superior court properly denied defendant's motions because superior court's finding that no one promised defendant would be eligible to participate in a therapeutic court was supported by the record.

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