INTERNATIONAL SEAFOODS v. BISSONETTE

No. S-11568.

146 P.3d 561 (2006)

INTERNATIONAL SEAFOODS OF ALASKA, INC., an Alaskan Corporation, Appellant, v. Danny BISSONETTE, Tom L. Huffer, Everett M. Hurley, Dale L. Weese, Gwen M. Neal, and Ethan Williams, for themselves and on behalf of similarly situated persons, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Hedland, Hedland, Brennan and Heideman, Anchorage, for Appellant.

William L. Choquette, Choquette & Farleigh, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellees.

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


OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. BACKGROUND

A group of commercial salmon fishers from the Egegik district of Bristol Bay sued International Seafoods of Alaska (ISA) alleging that ISA breached its contract by paying a lower price at the end of the season than it had earlier promised. A jury agreed. Because the superior court properly certified the group of fishers as a class, correctly rejected ISA's proposal to use a separate verdict...

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