Kanayurak v. North Slope Borough

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This suit concerns the suicide of Lillian Kanayurak, a 42 year old Eskimo woman, who was incarcerated in the North Slope Borough Public Safety Building. Barrow Kanayurak, as personal representative of the estate of the deceased, brought suit against the North Slope Borough alleging that Borough employees were negligent for not preventing Lillian Kanayurak's suicide. The superior court, Judge Hodges presiding, granted the Borough’s motion for summary judgment. We find genuine issues of material fact which preclude summary judgment and reverse.

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Lillian Kanayurak was…