OSBAKKEN v. WHITTINGTON

No. S-14126.

289 P.3d 894 (2012)

Tawnya OSBAKKEN, Peter Barnes, and Tamara Black, Appellants, v. Peggy Jo WHITTINGTON, d/b/a Illiamna Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nikole Nelson , James J. Davis, Jr. , and Robert P. Lynch , Alaska Legal Services Corporation, for Appellants.

No appearance by Appellee.

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


OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Five disabled Alaskans sued their former representative payee (an individual appointed by the Social Security Administration to receive benefits for someone unable to manage his or her money). At the conclusion of trial, the superior court awarded both compensatory and punitive damages to the plaintiffs; it also entered certain injunctive relief against the representative payee as to both...

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