Legal Opinion
Runyon v. Ass'n of Village Council Presidents
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided January 30, 2004No. Nos. S-10772, S-10838PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Association of Village Council Presidents (“AVCP” or “the Association”) is a nonprofit Alaska corporation consisting of fifty-six Alaska Native villages in the Bethel area, each a federally recognized tribe. It provides a variety of social services, including a Head Start program. The parents of two students in the program brought tort actions against AVCP after their children suffered injuries in separate incidents allegedly stemming from the inadequate training and supervision of Head Start teachers. The superior court dismissed the cases, concluding…
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