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GOODLATAW v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. S-279.

698 P.2d 1190 (1985)

Martha GOODLATAW, Personal Representative and Special Administratrix for the Estate of Alvin A. Goodlataw, Decedent, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, and Helen Beirne, Commissioner of Health and Social Services, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Goldberg, Robert M. Goldberg & Associates, Anchorage, for appellant.

Elizabeth Page Kennedy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

Before BURKE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

I. STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

This case involves a wrongful death action brought by Martha Goodlataw on behalf of Alvin Goodlataw, her son, now deceased. A jury declared him presumed dead "as a result of undetermined causes" after he disappeared from a rural camp where he had gone to work soon after being sentenced for unlawful entry.

Alvin Goodlataw had a history of alcohol abuse and resultant misconduct. On December...

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