Great Divide Insurance Co. v. Carpenter Ex Rel. Reed

79 P.3d 599 (2003)

GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

v.

Raymond CARPENTER, a minor, through his natural mother, Dorothy REED, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Nos. S-9774, S-9843.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 24, 2003.

Paul D. Stockler, Anchorage, and William R. Hickman, Earl M. Sutherland, Reed McClure, Seattle, Washington, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Mark Clayton Choate, Wailuku, Maui, Hawai'i, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

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

OPINION

A jury awarded compensatory damages of $1,540,000 and punitive…