Fellows v. Tlingit-Haida Regional Electrical Authority

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs Oliver and Georgiann Fellows petitioned for review of an order of Judge Henry C. Keene, limiting their potential recovery in this action from third-party defendant Sitka Telephone Company (Sitka) to $71,618.50. This figure represents one-half of the amount paid directly to the Fellows by the Tlingit-Haida Regional Electrical Authority (THREA) pursuant to their settlement agreement. Primarily at issue here is the effect of that agreement, in which THREA assigned to the Fellows all rights that THREA might have against Sit-ka, including any right to…