Legal Opinion
Lythgoe v. Guinn
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 25, 1994No. S-5696PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Chief Justice.
INTRODUCTION
In the course of a child custody dispute between Jacqueline Lythgoe, f/k/a Jacqueline Wellman, and Paul Wellman, the superior court appointed Dr. Janet Guinn to act as an independent custody investigator. Subsequent to the preparation of Guinn’s evaluation, which was not used by the court, Ly-thgoe filed suit against Guinn, alleging negligent and intentional torts in the course of her investigation and the preparation of her report. Guinn moved to dismiss, asserting quasi-judicial immunity, a doctrine heretofore unrecognized by this court. The superior…
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