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CITY OF KOTZEBUE v. IPALOOK

No. 1033.

462 P.2d 75 (1969)

CITY OF KOTZEBUE, Appellant, v. Percy IPALOOK, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen S. DeLisio, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Fairbanks, for appellant.

C.R. Kennelly, Nome, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND, RABINOWITZ, BONEY and CONNOR, JJ.

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

On January 13, 1966, Percy Ipalook was shot by Officer Eisenhower, a city of Kotzebue policeman. Claiming no justification for the act, Ipalook instituted suit against the city of Kotzebue for damages.1 At trial, Ipalook received a $25,000 jury verdict. Appellee city of Kotzebue then moved, pursuant to Civil Rule 59(a), for remittitur and alternatively for a new trial limited to the issue of damages. In its order of...

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