Legal Opinion
State, Department of Corrections v. Heisey
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 2012No. S-13656PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARPENETI, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Two correctional officers allegedly injured an inmate within a jail. The inmate filed a complaint asserting several tort claims against the State and the two officers. Pursuant to a statute allowing the State to substitute as defendant for any State employee that is certified as acting within the scope of employment, the Attorney General certified the officers as acting within the scope of their employment and substituted the State as the defendant. The State then filed a motion to dismiss on sovereign immunity grounds. While the motion was…
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