INTERIOR REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY v. JAMES

Nos. S-8493, S-8563.

989 P.2d 145 (1999)

INTERIOR REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Denise G. JAMES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Chance C. Carlo, and as Mother and Next Friend of Raven Carlo, a minor, and personally for herself, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracey L. Knutson, Sisson & Knutson, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Michael A. Stepovich and Allen F. Vacura, Fairbanks, for Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Before: MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1988 Denise James moved into a home in Fort Yukon under a home ownership opportunity program. Seven years later, she lost the home in a fire that killed her son Chance and injured James and her daughter Raven. James sued Interior Regional Housing Authority (IRHA), the coordinator of the home ownership project, for negligence and wrongful death. IRHA defended on the ground that the home ownership...

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