UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA v. SHANTI

Nos. S-4243, S-4311, S-4244 and S-4292.

835 P.2d 1225 (1992)

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, Petitioner, Cross-Respondent, v. Doctor SHANTI, Respondent, Cross-Petitioner. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, Petitioner, Cross-Respondent, v. Brownie DIX, personal Representative of the Estate of Barbara Dix Patten, Deceased, for the Benefit of Annemiek Zoe Patten, the deceased's minor child, and Annemiek Zoe Patten, By and Through David Patten, natural father and guardian, and Brownie Dix and Robert Dix, the natural parents of Barbara Dix Patten, Respondents, Cross-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard R. LaParle and Peter Ashenbrenner, Bradbury, Bliss & Riorden, Fairbanks, for petitioner/cross-respondent University of Alaska.

Donald F. Logan, Law Offices of Donald F. Logan, Fairbanks, for respondent/cross-petitioner Shanti.

Valerie M. Therrien, Fairbanks, for respondents/cross-petitioners Dix.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this consolidated petition for review, the University of Alaska argues that the superior court erred in denying its summary judgment motion. The court denied the motion after concluding that the University gained no immunity under AS 09.45.795, Alaska's recreational use/landowner immunity statute. The trial court ruled that the University ski hill, the site of a sledding accident, did not qualify as "unimproved land," a prerequisite...

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