CITY OF NORTH POLE v. ZABEK

Nos. S-6777, S-6907, S-6927.

934 P.2d 1292 (1997)

CITY OF NORTH POLE, Petitioner, v. Betty ZABEK, Respondent. Betty ZABEK, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF NORTH POLE, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Tiemessen, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Fairbanks, for Petitioner City of North Pole.

Brett M. Wood, Fairbanks, for Respondent, Appellant and Cross-Appellee Betty Zabek.

Joseph W. Sheehan, Fairbanks, for Appellee and Cross-Appellant City of North Pole.

Before COMPTON, C.J., MATTHEWS and EASTAUGH, JJ., RABINOWITZ and SHORTELL, JJ. pro tem.


OPINION

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The City of North Pole (City) terminated Betty Zabek's employment as a police dispatcher without providing a hearing. Zabek appealed this termination to the City's personnel review board (PRB), which heard oral argument some months after the termination. The PRB later affirmed Zabek's termination.

Zabek appealed to the superior court. The superior court found that Zabek's termination...

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