POWERS v. UNITED SERVICES AUTO. ASS'N

No. S-8776.

6 P.3d 294 (2000)

Karl POWERS and Andrea Powers, Appellants, v. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION and Northern Adjusters, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michaela Kelley Canterbury, Kelley & Kelley, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Daniel T. Quinn and Joyce Weaver Johnson, Richmond & Quinn, Anchorage, for Appellees.

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


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

May an injured plaintiff who has successfully arbitrated an uninsured motorist claim against a primary carrier preclude a secondary carrier from further arbitration where the secondary carrier had neither adequate notice of the first arbitration nor any opportunity to participate in it? The trial court answered this question in the negative. We agree and affirm.

II. FACTS AND...

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