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STATE, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. COWLES

No. S-11352.

151 P.3d 353 (2006)

STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. Ebony COWLES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 15, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Venable Vermont, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

Charles W. Ray, Jr., Law Offices of Charles W. Ray, Jr., P.C., and Paul W. Whelan and Kevin Coluccio, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey Coluccio, Seattle, Washington, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A parolee murdered his former girlfriend and then shot himself. The issue before us is whether the State of Alaska may be held liable in tort for a crime committed by a parolee under its supervision. The State urges us to overrule our holding in Division of Corrections v. Neakok that the State owes a duty of care in supervising its parolees.1 The State...

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