Legal Opinion
City of Kotzebue v. McLean
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 20, 1985No. 7083PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINO WITZ, Justice.
The principal issue presented in this appeal is the extent of a police officer’s duty to respond to a life-threatening situation. Appellee Douglas McLean claims that the City of Kotzebue (the city) was negligent in preventing a stabbing of McLean because a Kotzebue police officer failed to promptly respond to a life-threatening phone call made by McLean’s assailant prior to the attack. The superior court instructed the jury that the city, acting through its police officers, had a duty to exercise ordinary or reasonable care for the safety of McLean. The city…
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