Lch v. Ts

28 P.3d 915 (2001)

L.C.H., Appellant,

v.

T.S., Appellee.

No. S-9387.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 17, 2001.

Ronald L. Bliss, Bliss, Wilkens & Clayton, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Richard W. Maki and David H. Shoup, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Before FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Tabitha S.[1] alleged that her step-grandfather, Lance H., sexually abused her during five different periods of time, beginning when she was three and continuing through the age of fourteen. After a civil trial, a jury found Lance liable for sexual abuse…