PATTERSON v. STATE DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. S-4125.

880 P.2d 1038 (1994)

William L. PATTERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Individually and Severally; Matanuska Maid, Inc., Individually and Severally; and its agents John Seawell, Ron Wilde, Steve Bevins and Joe Van Treeck, Individually and Severally, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lee Petersen, Law Offices of A. Lee Petersen, P.C., Anchorage, for appellant.

Parry Grover, James H. Juliussen, and Davis Wright Tremaine, Anchorage, for appellees Matanuska Maid, John Seawell, Ron Wilde, Steven Bevins, and Joe Van Treeck.

Kevin Saxby, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee State of Alaska.

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


RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

William Patterson initially sued Matanuska Maid and its agents (Mat-Maid) for defamation. Patterson then filed a second lawsuit against the State of Alaska, Department of Agriculture (State) and Mat-Maid for wrongful termination. Patterson now appeals from the superior court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the State and Mat-Maid on both claims.

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