Gunter v. Kathy-O-Estates

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Jerry E. Gunter was permanently and totally disabled by a brain injury he suffered while working for Kathy-O-Estates. Gunter and Kathy-O-Estates entered a compromise and release agreement settling their dispute over Kathy-O-Estates's workers' compensation liability due to that injury. This case involves Gunter's attempt to overturn that agreement. The superior court appointed the Community Advocacy Project of Alaska, Inc. as Gunter's guardian/conservator and gave it the power, which the Community Advocacy Project then exercised, to dismiss Gunter's…