Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. State Ex Rel. Consolidated Construction Co.

OPINION

ERWIN, Justice.

Petitioners seek review of a superi- or court order denying as untimely their motion to peremptorily disqualify, under the provisions of AS 22.20.022, Superior Court Judge Warren Wm. Taylor from presiding over the trial of the action below. Review is granted under the provi sions of Supreme Court Rule 23(e) 1 since by that denial “the superior court has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings ... as to call for this court’s power of supervision and review.” 2

Under AS 22.20.022 3 the filing of a timely affidavit in compliance with the…