ALASKAN VILLAGE, INC. v. SMALLEY

No. S-928.

720 P.2d 945 (1986)

The ALASKAN VILLAGE, INC., Appellant, v. Mary SMALLEY, for and on Behalf of Monica SMALLEY, an infant, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Waggoner, Paul W. Waggoner, Inc., Anchorage, for appellant.

L. Ames Luce, Jeri D. Byers, Law Offices of L. Ames Luce, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The primary issue in this appeal is the extent of a mobile home park owner's duty to protect others from injury from a tenant's dogs. The jury returned a verdict for Monica Smalley, who was injured by a tenant's dogs, holding the park owner liable for compensatory and punitive damages. The park owner appeals, claiming that it owed no duty of care to Smalley and challenging the damage award and several evidentiary rulings. We affirm...

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