HIGHLIGHT CANYON, LLC v. CIOFFOLETTI

Supreme Court No. S-18243.

533 P.3d 929 (2023)

HIGHLIGHT CANYON, LLC, Appellant, v. John CIOFFOLETTI; Valdez Creek Mining LLC; Robert A. Coiner; Doris A. Coiner; Sherri Coiner Gerharz, Claude H. Morris, Jr.; Clearwater Mountain Mining; and Lucky Mine Group, LLP, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis Martin , Curtis W. Martin Law Office, Palmer, for Appellant.

Jennifer M. Coughlin , Landye Bennett Blumstein, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellees.

Before: Winfree, Chief Justice, Carney, Borghesan, and Henderson, Justices. [Maassen, Justice, not participating.]


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The superior court may dismiss a case for want of prosecution if "the case has been pending for more than one year without any proceedings having been taken" unless the plaintiff shows good cause for the delay.1 In this case the court dismissed a mining...

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