Estate of Polushkin Ex Rel. Polushkin v. Maw

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In October 1989 Patroky Polushkin purchased an Upper Cook Inlet salmon drift fishery permit from Roland Maw. An addendum to the purchase agreement provided that Maw would retain all rights to claims or benefits resulting from the March 1989 Exxon VampEz oil spill that were associated with the permit. The question presented in this case is whether Maw is entitled to damages resulting from the oil spill that Polushkin suffered after the transfer of the permit. We answer in the negative because the language of the addendum is ambiguous, extrinsic…