REUST v. ALASKA PETROLEUM CONTRACTORS, INC.

Nos. S-10910, S-10919.

127 P.3d 807 (2005)

Dan K. REUST, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. ALASKA PETROLEUM CONTRACTORS, INC., Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and State of Alaska, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur S. Robinson and Eric Derleth, Robinson & Associates, Soldotna, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Douglas S. Parker, Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Jason T. Mogel and Christopher M. Kennedy, Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Intervenor State of Alaska.

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


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A jury awarded Dan Reust compensatory and punitive damages after finding that Alaska Petroleum Contractors (APC) wrongfully terminated him in retaliation for testifying in previous litigation between APC and another former APC employee. APC and Reust both appeal.

As to the jury instructions to which APC preserved its objections, we discern no reversible error. We also hold that witness retaliation...

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