Barton v. North Slope Borough School District

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

On August 17, 2007, Helen Barton was injured while watching a high school football game in Barrow when at least one player ran out of bounds during a play and collided with Barton, breaking her leg. Barton sued the North Slope Borough School District, alleging in part that the football field had not been designed or built with a proper "runoff" area along the sidelines and that spectators had improperly been allowed to stand in the run-off area during the August 17 game. Barton retained expert Juliet Vong, a land-seape architect, who proposed to testify…