Legal Opinion
Interior Regional Housing Authority v. James
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 8, 1999No. S-8493, S-8563PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
In 1988 Denise James moved into a home in Fort Yukon under a home ownership opportunity program. Seven years later, she lost the home in a fire that killed her son Chance and injured James and her daughter Raven. James sued Interior Regional Housing Authority (IRHA), the coordinator of the home ownership project, for negligence and wrongful death. IRHA defended on the ground that the home ownership agreement signed by James placed the duty of maintenance on James. The trial court concluded that the Landlord Tenant Act governed this case and imposed the duty…
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