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LYTHGOE v. GUINN

No. S-5696.

884 P.2d 1085 (1994)

Jacquelin LYTHGOE, f/k/a Jacquelin Wellman, Appellant, v. Janet GUINN, Ph.D., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Jeffrey Mayhook, Law Offices of J. Jeffrey Mayhook, Anchorage, for appellant.

Timothy A. McKeever and Matthew D. Regan, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and EASTAUGH, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Chief Justice.

INTRODUCTION

In the course of a child custody dispute between Jacqueline Lythgoe, f/k/a Jacqueline Wellman, and Paul Wellman, the superior court appointed Dr. Janet Guinn to act as an independent custody investigator. Subsequent to the preparation of Guinn's evaluation, which was not used by the court, Lythgoe filed suit against Guinn, alleging negligent and intentional torts in the course of her investigation...

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