City of Seward v. Afognak Logging

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

During a heavy rainfall, the City of Seward asked local contractor Afognak Logging to dispatch two bulldozers with operators to the Lowell Point bridge to help with flood control efforts. One of the bulldozers bogged down and suffered extensive damage in flood water that covered the highway near the bridge. Afognak sued to recover its damages, claiming that the city negligently failed to warn it that the flood had washed away the roadbed. A jury found the city liable, and the superior court awarded Afognak $89,000 in damages. We affirm, holding that the…