Deal v. Kearney

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This matter is before the court on a petition for review. See Alaska R.App.P. 402 and 403. Clyde F. Deal, M.D., the petitioner, seeks reversal of the superior court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment, on claims made against him by a former patient, L. Jon Kearney, for indemnity, subrogation and contribution. Such claims were assigned to Kearney by Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Society of America, Inc., as part of a settlement agreement.

In his motion for summary judgment before the superior court, Dr. Deal first argued that the assigned claims were based on…