WOOTEN v. HINTON

No. S-12883.

202 P.3d 1148 (2009)

Jason WOOTEN, d/b/a Glynwood Apartments, and Dennis Ray Skan, Appellants, v. Jason HINTON, Lydia Martinez, Robert Brandon, and Samantha Moffet, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett von Gemmingen, Law Offices of Brett von Gemmingen, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellants.

James J. Davis, Jr., Goriune Dudukgian, and Ryan Fortson, Northern Justice Project, Anchorage, for Appellees.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, CARPENETI, and WINFREE, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal addresses the claim of the owner and the senior apartment manager of the Glynwood Apartments (Glynwood) that they were the prevailing parties, and thus entitled to attorney's fees, in a lawsuit brought by four of their tenants. Glynwood argues that because the tenants chose to dismiss their case with prejudice after they reached a settlement...

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