Samaniego v. City of Kodiak

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Julia Samaniego sued the City of Kodiak, Kodiak Police Sergeant William D. Marsh, and Officer Milton Bohac, alleging that Sergeant Marsh and Officer Bohac used excessive force in arresting her. At trial, one of Kodiak’s psychiatric experts, Dr. Stephen M. Raffle, was permitted to testify about his diagnosis of Samaniego. The superior court prohibited Samaniego from questioning Sergeant Marsh about a possible bias stemming from a settled employment dispute with the City of Kodiak. Samaniego appeals from the judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor…