Legal Opinion
Trapp v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 2002No. S-10043PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
The question in this case is whether a conservator is shielded by absolute quasi-judicial immunity from claims asserted by her ward. We answer "no" because the con-servatorship statute permits such claims.
Facts and Proceedings
In 1995 the superior court found Susan Trapp partially incapacitated and appointed the Office of Public Advocacy as her conservator. In 2000 Trapp filed suit, pro se, against OPA, claiming that its employees had intentionally or negligently withheld funds which were meant for Trapp's shelter, food, and clothing, thereby placing her life in…
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