Cameron v. Beard

OPINION

MOORE, Chief Justice.

I. Introduction

In this appeal, the State and four individual defendant supervisors challenge the jury’s verdict in favor of Burle Beard, a former Department of Transportation employee, on his claims of constructive discharge and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED).

The State maintains that the superior court erred in interpreting this court’s decision in Beard v. Baum, 796 P.2d 1344 (Alaska 1990), as conclusively establishing that Beard was excused from exhausting the administrative remedies provided under his collective bargaining agreement. The…