REUST v. ALASKA PETROLEUM CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. S-12863.

206 P.3d 437 (2009)

Dan REUST, Appellant, v. ALASKA PETROLEUM CONTRACTORS, INC., Appellee, and State of Alaska, Appellee/Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur S. Robinson, Robinson & Associates, Soldotna, for Appellant.

Ruth Botstein, Assistant Attorney General, Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Anchorage, for Appellee/Intervenor State of Alaska.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This case is here for the second time.1 After a jury awarded Dan Reust compensatory damages of $389,000 and punitive damages of $4.3 million in a retaliatory discharge suit against his employer, Alaska Petroleum Contractors (APC), the State was permitted to intervene to protect its interest in the punitive damages award.2 The superior court reduced the punitive award...

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