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CITY OF KOTZEBUE v. McLEAN

No. 7083.

702 P.2d 1309 (1985)

CITY OF KOTZEBUE, Appellant, v. Douglas McLEAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing August 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Erwin, Julie Simon, Erwin, Smith, Garnett & Bendell, Anchorage, for appellant.

Millard F. Ingraham, Fairbanks, and Kennelly, Azar & Donohue, Fairbanks, for appellee.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The principal issue presented in this appeal is the extent of a police officer's duty to respond to a life-threatening situation. Appellee Douglas McLean claims that the City of Kotzebue (the city) was negligent in preventing a stabbing of McLean because a Kotzebue police officer failed to promptly respond to a life-threatening phone call made by McLean's assailant prior to the attack. The superior court instructed the jury that...

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