DeHusson v. City of Anchorage

RABINOWITZ, Justice,

with whom BOO-CHEVER, Chief Justice, joins concurring.

In my view, Section 1.10 of the Anchorage City Charter violates Alaska’s constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law. In support of her equal protection attack, appellant argues that the Anchorage Charter’s 120-day notice of claim provision discriminates in favor of governmental and against non-governmental tort-feasors, as well as imposing substantial and costly burdens on the victims of governmental torts which are not borne by individuals who have been harmed by the conduct of non-governmental…