City of Kodiak v. Samaniego

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Martha Samaniego sued the City of Kodiak for false confinement and battery when Sergeant Marsh of the Kodiak Police Department grabbed her and prevented her from leaving the scene of an Immigration and Naturalization investigation. At trial, the jury found that Sergeant Marsh had falsely confined and battered Martha Samaniego. The City of Kodiak appeals (1) the superior court’s denial of its summary judgment motion on the question whether exigent circumstances justifying Marsh’s detention of Martha existed as a matter of law; (2) the court’s refusal to give…