Shane v. Rhines
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This appeal arises out of an auto accident which occurred on the Kenai Spur Road in October 1978. At trial, Rhines, the defendant below, admitted that he had been drinking prior to the accident and that he was responsible for the collision. The jury awarded Shane, the plaintiff, $12,200 in compensatory damages, and judgment for that amount was entered in February 1980. The jury determined that Shane was not entitled to punitive damages. In this appeal Shane challenges: (1) the trial court’s exclusion of evidence of Rhines’ past conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol; (2)…
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