Legal Opinion
Providence Washington Insurance Co. v. City of Valdez
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided July 20, 1984No. 7892PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINO WITZ, Justice.
Arctic Coast Fisheries, Inc. (Arctic) sued the City of Valdez for wrongfully terminating a lease of a city building to Arctic for use as a fish processing plant. Arctic sought both compensatory and punitive damages. Thereafter Providence Washington Insurance Co. (Providence), the insurance carrier for Valdez, instituted a declaratory judgment action against Valdez, seeking a declaration that the liability insurance policy it had issued to Valdez did not cover punitive damages. Both Providence and Valdez moved for summary judgment.1 The superior court granted…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Northwestern National Casualty Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin v. Edward A. McNulty and Walter Scott SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. v. DayAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Dayton Hudson Corp. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Jefferson v. AsplundAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of Fort Pierre v. United Fire & Casualty Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. WeifordAlaska Supreme Court · 1992
- Decorative Center of Houston v. Employers Casualty Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1992
- Barber v. National Bank of AlaskaAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. LawrenceAlaska Supreme Court · 2001
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