REASNER v. STATE, DHSS, OCS

Supreme Court Nos. S-15900/15929.

394 P.3d 610 (2017)

Lisa REASNER, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Rolin N. Allison Jr. Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Orlansky , Reeves Amodio, LLC, Anchorage, and Michael C. Kramer and Reilly Cosgrove , Kramer and Associates, Fairbanks, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Ruth Botstein , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Craig W. Richards , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services.

No appearance by Appellee Rolin N. Allison, Jr.

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


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Lisa Reasner suffered years of sexual abuse while in foster care and after the Office of Children's Services (OCS)1 approved her adoption. Years later Reasner sued OCS after discovering that OCS might have played a role in allowing her abuse. The superior court...

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