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JACKSON v. AMERICAN EQUITY INS. CO.

No. S-10328.

90 P.3d 136 (2004)

Laura JACKSON and Dale Jackson, Appellants, v. AMERICAN EQUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance corporation authorized in the State of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil T. O'Donnell, Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Mark A. Sandberg and William M. Wuestenfeld, Sandberg, Wuestenfeld & Corey, Anchorage, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case presents questions about the duty a liability insurer owes its insured when personal injury plaintiffs make a policy limits settlement demand. A jury ultimately returned a special verdict for the liability insurer following a trial of the insured's bad faith claim against the insurer. We hold that it was not error, under the circumstances of this case, to decline to give the trial jury...

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