ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. KENICK

Supreme Court No. S-16509.

435 P.3d 938 (2019)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY and Kathy Berry, Appellants, v. Mary KENICK and Angelina Trailov, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Zipkin and Kristin E. Bryant , Guess & Rudd, P.C., Anchorage; Rebecca J. Hozubin , Hozubin Moberly Lynch & Associates, Anchorage; and Peter H. Klee , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP, San Diego, California, for Appellant Allstate Insurance Company.

Alfred Clayton, Jr. , Clayton & Diemer, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellant Kathy Berry.

Mark A. Sandberg , Law Office of Mark A. Sandberg, Anchorage; Dennis Mestas , Law Office of Dennis Mestas, Anchorage; and Myron E. Angstman , Angstman Law Office, Bethel, for Appellees Mary Kenick and Angelina Trailov.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

We are asked to determine the preclusive effect of a declaratory judgment in favor of an insurance company against its insured in federal court in a subsequent state court proceeding. The superior court concluded that the declaratory...

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