State, Department of Highways v. Salzwedel

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., CONNOR, BOOCHEVER and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice. BOOCHEVER, Justice.

The superior court awarded Benjamin and Dorothy Salzwedel $16,733.76 in costs and attorney’s fees 1 assessed against the State of Alaska in a condemnation proceeding. The state appeals certain aspects of that award. We find that the award improperly included two kinds of expenses: first, the Salzwedels’ attorney’s fees and costs resulting from proceedings before this court; and second, the Salzwedels’ attorney’s fees and costs resulting from their unsuccessful efforts to secure…