Legal Opinion

Shields v. Cape Fox Corp.

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided March 8, 2002No. S-9134PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Cape Fox Corporation recovered a judgment against Kristy Shields, Patricia Shields, and Thomas Martinez, Jr., arising out of losses incurred by a store owned by Cape Fox during 1995 and 1996. The main question presented in this appeal is whether the trial court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury to determine Cape Fox's comparative fault in causing the losses. Because there was evidence of comparative fault, comparative fault was pled and argued, each of Cape Fox's claims was at least partly negligence-based, and the applicable statute clearly…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  2. Borchgrevink v. BorchgrevinkAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Lee Houston & Associates, Ltd. v. RacineAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Meeker v. KercherCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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