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ALPINE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. FEYK

No. S-9169.

22 P.3d 445 (2001)

ALPINE INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. Lori FEYK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Brown, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellant.

Gary M. Guarino, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alpine Industries, Inc. sued Dr. Lori Feyk, a public health official with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, for libel after she authored a public health bulletin critical of Alpine's air cleaning products. Because we conclude that absolute official immunity protects the authors of state public health bulletins, we affirm the superior court's grant of summary judgment for...

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