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CAVIN v. STATE, FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION

No. S-8630.

3 P.3d 323 (2000)

James D. CAVIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION DIVISION OF the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Dickman, Dickman Law Group, Seattle, Washington, for Appellant.

Christopher M. Kennedy, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

After a non-jury trial, the superior court rejected James Cavin's maritime tort claims against his former employer, the State of Alaska, finding that he had failed to prove his status as a Jones Act "seaman" and that federal statutes preclude his general maritime claims. Because the superior court evidently did not consider all of the evidence and applicable law bearing on the issue of whether...

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