Legal Opinion
Alaskan Village, Inc. v. Smalley Ex Rel. Smalley
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 1986No. S-928PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
The primary issue in this appeal is the extent of a mobile home park owner’s duty to protect others from injury from a tenant’s dogs. The jury returned a verdict for Monica Smalley, who was injured by a tenant’s dogs, holding the park owner liable for compensatory and punitive damages. The park owner appeals, claiming that it owed no duty of care to Smalley and challenging the damage award and several evi-dentiary rulings. We affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Monica Smalley, a six-year-old child, and Henry Scepurek were neighboring tenants of The Alaskan…
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