HIKITA v. NICHIRO GYOGYO KAISHA, LTD.

No. S-10612.

85 P.3d 458 (2004)

Takehiro HIKITA and Alaska Foods, Inc., Appellants, v. NICHIRO GYOGYO KAISHA, LTD., and Nichiro Pacific, Ltd., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. Perkins, Hartig Rhodes Hoge and Lekisch, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellants.

John S. Hedland, Hedland, Brennan, Heideman and Cooke, Anchorage, for Appellees.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court imposed litigation-ending sanctions against Alaska Foods, Inc., and Takehiro Hikita (collectively Alaska Foods) for failing to produce pretrial discovery. We reversed the sanctions order because the superior court did not explicitly consider lesser alternative sanctions. After considering and rejecting lesser alternatives on remand, the superior...

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