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CARLSON v. STATE

No. 3919.

598 P.2d 969 (1979)

Julie CARLSON and James Carlson, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Schneider, Elliott T. Dennis, Johnson, Christenson & Glass, Anchorage, for appellant.

Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Smith, Brown, Erwin & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This case involves a bear attack. The issue is whether the State of Alaska may be held liable for personal injuries inflicted by a bear, when the bear is attracted to the site of the attack by garbage that had accumulated on state-owned property. The superior court granted summary judgment in favor of the State on the ground that the State was immune from liability under the Alaska Tort Claims Act, AS 09.50.250. We conclude that the...

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