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WILSON v. MACDONALD

No. S-11956.

168 P.3d 887 (2007)

Merle G. WILSON, Appellant, v. Judith MACDONALD and Jack Riggs, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle G. Wilson, Anchorage, pro se.

Z. Kent Sullivan, Baxter Bruce Sullivan P.C., Juneau, for Appellee Judith MacDonald.

Jack Riggs, Anchor Point, pro se.

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

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Merle Wilson pled no contest to the criminal charge of assaulting Judy MacDonald. MacDonald sued Wilson for damages related to the assault. The superior court held that a defendant who pleads no contest in a criminal case is precluded from relitigating the elements of the offense in a subsequent civil case and therefore granted summary judgment against Wilson on the elements of assault...

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