STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH v. MULLINS

No. S-14981.

328 P.3d 1038 (2014)

STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant, v. Alecia Rae MULLINS, Shaynalynn Mullins, Jack Dominick, Angela Michelle McCoy aka Angela Michelle Mullins aka Angela Michelle Fulton, and Barbara Dominick (Deceased), Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Botstein , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Janell M. Hafner , Assistant Attorney General, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellant.

Michael C. Kramer , Kramer and Associates, Fairbanks, for Appellees Alecia and Shayna Mullins.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

BOLGER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Two sisters reported that they were abused by their grandparents while they were entrusted to the legal custody of the Office of Children's Services (OCS). The sisters sued OCS, and a jury awarded them substantial damages, concluding that OCS was responsible for 95% of their damages and that their grandparents were not responsible for any of their damages. On appeal, OCS argues that this verdict should...

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