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KAREN L. v. DEP'T OF HEALTH & SOC. SERVS.

No. S-7528.

953 P.2d 871 (1998)

KAREN L., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF FAMILY AND YOUTH SERVICES, Deborah Wing, Faye Moore, Patricia Chambers Mitchell, Rita Hutchens, And Ray Johnson of Division of Family And Youth Services, The Office of Public Advocacy, Barbara Malchick And Shirley Perry of The Office Of Public Advocacy, Langdon Psychiatric Corp., Greg McCarthy, M.D., And Michael Rose, Ph.D., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L., pro se, Anchorage.

Raymond M. Funk, Assistant Attorney General, Fairbanks, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Family and Youth Services, Deborah Wing, Faye Moore, Patricia Chambers Mitchell, Rita Hutchens and Ray Johnson of Division of Family and Youth Services, the Office of Public Advocacy, Barbara Malchick and Shirley Perry of the Office of Public Advocacy.

R. Collin Middleton and Gregory A. Johnson, Middleton & Timme, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Greg McCarthy, M.D. David D. Floerchinger and Harland H. McElhany, DeLisio Moran Geraghty & Zobel, Anchorage, for Appellee Michael Rose, Ph.D.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and EASTAUGH and BRYNER, JJ.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Karen L. sued mental health consultants and State agencies and employees, claiming their involvement in Child in Need of Aid (CINA) proceedings involving her son caused her to suffer emotional distress. The superior court granted summary judgment to the defendants, holding that the State defendants owed Karen no duty of care and that quasi-judicial immunity protected the mental health consultants...

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