CITY OF KODIAK v. SAMANIEGO

No. S-10365.

83 P.3d 1077 (2004)

CITY OF KODIAK, Kodiak Police Department, and William D. Marsh, Appellants, v. Martha SAMANIEGO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Koziol, Law Office of Frank S. Koziol, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Jeffrey A. Friedman and Kenneth R. Friedman, Friedman, Rubin & White, Anchorage, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Martha Samaniego sued the City of Kodiak for false confinement and battery when Sergeant Marsh of the Kodiak Police Department grabbed her and prevented her from leaving the scene of an Immigration and Naturalization investigation. At trial, the jury found that Sergeant Marsh had falsely confined and battered Martha Samaniego. The City of Kodiak appeals (1) the superior court's denial of its summary...

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