HAWKS v. STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. S-6748.

908 P.2d 1013 (1995)

Jean "Dee" HAWKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe P. Josephson, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Raymond M. Funk, Assistant Attorney General, Fairbanks, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal arises from an action brought against the State by a mother for a five-year delay in the identification of her daughter's remains. The superior court granted summary judgment to the State. We affirm.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Jean "Dee" Hawks (Hawks) is the mother of Delynn R. Frey (Frey). Sometime during July 1983 Hawks reported to the Anchorage Police...

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