HAINES v. COMFORT KEEPERS, INC.

Supreme Court No. S-16034.

393 P.3d 422 (2017)

Peter HAINES, as the personal representative of the Probate Estate of Verna Haines (Deceased), Appellant, v. COMFORT KEEPERS, INC. and Luwana Witzleben, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yale H. Metzger , Law Offices of Yale H. Metzger, Anchorage, for Appellant.

John J. Tiemessen , Clapp Peterson Tiemessen Thorsness & Johnson, LLC, Fairbanks, for Appellee Comfort Keepers, Inc.

No appearance by Appellee Luwana Witzleben.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

An elderly woman hired an in-home care company to assist her with day-to-day living. The company provided an in-home assistant who was later discovered to have stolen the woman's jewelry and prescription medication. The woman sued both the company and the assistant for conversion and...

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