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STATE, DHSS, CHILDREN'S SERVICES v. DOHERTY

Nos. S-12157, S-12277.

167 P.3d 64 (2007)

STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Lynn Eldridge, and Patrick Octuck, Petitioners, v. Kelly Sullivan DOHERTY and Shannon Sullivan, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan R. Webb, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and David W. Márquez and Talis J. Colberg, Attorneys General, Juneau, for Petitioners.

Michael C. Kramer, Borgeson & Burns, PC, Fairbanks, for Respondents.

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

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Lynn Eldridge, a social worker being sued in her individual capacity, petitions us to reverse the superior court's orders (1) determining that she was not entitled to qualified immunity from a number of claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and (2) precluding her from relitigating the factual issues decided in a prior child in need of aid case. Because it appears that the...

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