(DOWNLOAD) "Crawford and Company v. Otto Vienna" by Supreme Court of Alaska * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Crawford and Company v. Otto Vienna
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 06, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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In this appeal, Crawford and Company, an adjuster, seeks a reversal of the superior courts holding denying it attorneys fees as a prevailing party under Civil rule 82. At issue is whether this courts 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 claims in a Workers Compensation appeal are frivolous, unreasonable, or in bad faith. We are of the view that Whaley should be extended to cases such as this, in which workers bring a class action seeking to change a policy of the Alaska Workers Compensation Board (Board). Nevertheless, because we conclude that the workers claims against the adjusters were frivolous, we reverse.