Crawford and Co. v. Vienna

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION.

In this appeal, Crawford and Company, an adjuster, seeks a reversal of the superi- or court’s holding denying it attorneys’ fees as a prevailing party under Civil Rule 82. 1 At issue is whether this court’s holding in Whaley v. Alaska Workers’ Compensation Bd., 648 P.2d 955 (Alaska 1982), is properly extended to this case to limit attorneys’ fees under Civil Rule 82, and whether the superior court abused its discretion. In Whaley we held that attorneys’ fees under Appellate Rule 503(e) will be awarded against employees only if the employees’…