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OLSON v. CITY OF HOOPER BAY

No. S-13455.

251 P.3d 1024 (2011)

Thomas OLSON, Appellant, v. CITY OF HOOPER BAY, Officer Dimitri Oaks, Officer Charles Simon, and Officer Nathan Joseph, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 15, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele L. Power , Power & Brown, LLC, Bethel, for Appellant.

William H. Ingaldson and Maryanne Boreen , Ingaldson, Maassen & Fitzgerald, P.C., Anchorage, and Myron Angstman , Angstman Law Office, Bethel, for Appellees.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, CHRISTEN, and STOWERS, Justices.

OPINION

CHRISTEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Hooper Bay police responded to a request for a welfare check at the home of Thomas Olson, Suzanne Smith, and their young children. The officers found Olson asleep. When they woke him, Olson became belligerent and the officers placed him in handcuffs to escort him out of the building. In the process, Olson and two of the officers slipped and fell to the floor. The situation escalated when the officers...

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