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GREAT DIVIDE INS. v. CARPENTER EX REL. REED

Nos. S-9774, S-9843.

79 P.3d 599 (2003)

GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Raymond CARPENTER, a minor, through his natural mother, Dorothy REED, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Stockler, Anchorage, and William R. Hickman, Earl M. Sutherland, Reed McClure, Seattle, Washington, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Mark Clayton Choate, Wailuku, Maui, Hawai'i, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

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

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

A jury awarded compensatory damages of $1,540,000 and punitive damages of $2,600,000 against Great Divide Insurance Company on claims that it had breached its duties to its insured, Gowdy & Son, while defending a claim brought by Raymond Carpenter. The five main issues presented in the appeal are:

1. Did the policy issued by Great Divide to Gowdy & Son cover the accident...

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