STATE v. I'ANSON

No. 2032.

529 P.2d 188 (1974)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Thomas I'ANSON and Maureen I'Anson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Flynn and Theodore M. Pease, Jr., Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Inc., Anchorage, for petitioner.

Harland W. Davis, Anchorage, Joel E. Bradshaw and Russell W. Newman, Newman & Bradshaw, Inc. P.S., Seattle, Wash., for respondents.

Before RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice, and CONNOR, ERWIN, and FITZGERALD, Justices.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This petition for review arises out of a bifurcated superior court trial in which the issue of petitioner State of Alaska's liability was tried to the superior court with the assistance of an advisory jury. The central contention in this petition focuses on construction of the discretionary function or duty exception to Alaska's Tort Claims Act.1

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