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AK Stat § 09.55.556 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 55. Special Actions and Proceedings|Article 6. Medical Malpractice Actions.|Sec. 09.55.556. Informed consent.

(a) A health care provider is liable for failure to obtain the informed consent of a patient if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the provider has failed to inform the patient of the common risks and reasonable alternatives to the proposed treatment or procedure, and that but for that failure the claimant would not have consented to the proposed treatment or procedure. (b) It is a defense to any action for medical malpractice based upon an alleged failure to obtain informed consent that (1) the risk not disclosed is too commonly known or is too remote to require disclosure; (2) the patient stated to the health care provider that the patient would undergo the treatment or procedure regardless of the risk involved or that the patient did not want to be informed of the matters to which the patient would be entitled to be informed; (3) under the circumstances consent by or on behalf of the patient was not possible; or (4) the health care provider after considering all of the attendant facts and circumstances used reasonable discretion as to the manner and extent that the alternatives or risks were disclosed to the patient because the health care provider reasonably believed that a full disclosure would have a substantially adverse effect on the patient's condition.
AK Stat § 09.55.560 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 55. Special Actions and Proceedings|Article 6. Medical Malpractice Actions.|Sec. 09.55.560. Definitions.

In AS 09.55.530 - 09.55.560, (1) “board” means an arbitration board established under AS 09.55.535; (2) “health care provider” means an acupuncturist licensed under AS 08.06; an audiologist or speech-language pathologist licensed under AS 08.11; a chiropractor licensed under AS 08.20; a dental hygienist licensed under AS 08.32; a dentist licensed under AS 08.36; a nurse licensed under AS 08.68; a dispensing optician licensed under AS 08.71; a naturopath licensed under AS 08.45; an optometrist licensed under AS 08.72; a pharmacist licensed under AS 08.80; a physical therapist or occupational therapist licensed under AS 08.84; a physician or physician assistant licensed under AS 08.64; a podiatrist; a psychologist and a psychological associate licensed under AS 08.86; a hospital as defined in AS 47.32.900, including a governmentally owned or operated hospital; an employee of a health care provider acting within the course and scope of employment; an ambulatory surgical facility and other organizations whose primary purpose is the delivery of health care, including a health maintenance organization, individual practice association, integrated delivery system, preferred provider organization or arrangement, and a physical hospital organization; (3) “panel” means an expert advisory panel established under AS 09.55.536; (4) “professional negligence” means a negligent act or omission by a health care provider in rendering professional services; (5) “professional services” means service provided by a health care provider that is within the scope of services for which the health care provider is licensed and that is not prohibited under the health care provider's license or by a facility in which the health care provider practices.
AK Stat § 09.55.570 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 55. Special Actions and Proceedings|Article 7. Survival and Wrongful Death Actions.|Sec. 09.55.570. All causes of action survive.

All causes of action by one person against another, whether arising on contract or otherwise, except those involving defamation of character, survive to the personal representatives of the former and against the personal representatives of the latter, but this may not be construed so as to abate an action for a wrong where any party has died after the verdict or to defeat or prejudice the right of action given by AS 09.15.010. The personal representatives may maintain an action thereon against the party against whom the cause of action accrued, or, after the party's death, against the personal representatives of the party.
AK Stat § 09.55.580 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 55. Special Actions and Proceedings|Article 7. Survival and Wrongful Death Actions.|Sec. 09.55.580. Action for wrongful death.

(a) Except as provided under (f) of this section and AS 09.65.145, when the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, if the former might have maintained an action, had the person lived, against the latter for an injury done by the same act or omission. The action shall be commenced within two years after the death, and the damages therein shall be the damages the court or jury may consider fair and just. The amount recovered, if any, shall be exclusively for the benefit of the decedent's spouse and children when the decedent is survived by a spouse or children, or other dependents. When the decedent is survived by no spouse or children or other dependents, the amount recovered shall be administered as other personal property of the decedent but shall be limited to pecuniary loss. When the plaintiff prevails, the trial court shall determine the allowable costs and expenses of the action and may, in its discretion, require notice and hearing thereon. The amount recovered shall be distributed only after payment of all costs and expenses of suit and debts and expenses of administration. (b) The damages recoverable under this section shall be limited to those which are the natural and proximate consequence of the negligent or wrongful act or omission of another. (c) In fixing the amount of damages to be awarded under this section, the court or jury shall consider all the facts and circumstances and from them fix the award at a sum which will fairly compensate for the injury resulting from the death. In determining the amount of the award, the court or jury shall consider but is not limited to the following: (1) deprivation of the expectation of pecuniary benefits to the beneficiary or beneficiaries, without regard to age thereof, that would have resulted from the continued life of the deceased and without regard to probable accumulations or what the deceased may have saved during the lifetime of the deceased; (2) loss of contributions for support; (3) loss of assistance or services irrespective of age or relationship of decedent to the beneficiary or beneficiaries; (4) loss of consortium; (5) loss of prospective training and education; (6) medical and funeral expenses. (d) The death of a beneficiary or beneficiaries before judgment does not affect the amount of damages recoverable under this section. (e) The right of action granted by this section is not abated by the death of a person named or to be named the defendant. (f) A person whose act or omission constitutes the felonious killing of another person may not recover damages for the death of that person either directly or as a personal representative of that person's estate. In this subsection, a “felonious killing” means a crime defined by AS 11.41.100 - 11.41.140.
AK Stat § 09.55.585 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 55. Special Actions and Proceedings|Article 7. Survival and Wrongful Death Actions.|Sec. 09.55.585. Action for wrongful death of an unborn child; applicability.

(a) A parent of an unborn child may maintain an action as plaintiff for the death of an unborn child that was caused by the wrongful act or omission of another. (b) This section does not apply to acts or omissions that (1) cause the death of an unborn child if those acts or omissions are committed during a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf consents or for which consent is implied by law; (2) are committed under usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing, during therapeutic treatment, or while assisting a pregnancy; or (3) are committed by a pregnant woman against herself and her unborn child. (c) This section does not limit any other cause of action that a parent may maintain for the death of an unborn child. (d) In this section, (1) “abortion” has the meaning given in AS 18.16.090; (2) “unborn child” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900.
AK Stat § 09.55.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 55. Special Actions and Proceedings|Article 9. Actions by Crime Victims.|Sec. 09.55.650. Claim based on sexual abuse to a minor under 16 years of age.

(a) A person who, as a minor under 16 years of age, was the victim of sexual abuse may maintain an action for recovery of damages against the perpetrator of the act or acts of sexual abuse based on the perpetrator's intentional conduct for an injury or condition suffered as a result of the sexual abuse. (b) If the defendant committed more than one act of sexual abuse on the plaintiff, the plaintiff is not required to prove which specific act caused the injury. (c) In this section, “sexual abuse” means an act committed by the defendant against the plaintiff maintaining the cause of action if the defendant's conduct would have violated a provision of AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.440 or 11.41.450 - 11.41.458, former AS 11.15.120, 11.15.134, or 11.15.160, or former AS 11.40.110 at the time it was committed.
AK Stat § 09.55.700 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 55. Special Actions and Proceedings|Article 10. Civil in rem Forfeiture.|Sec. 09.55.700. In rem civil forfeiture actions.

Common law civil in rem forfeiture actions are abolished if used instead of a criminal proceeding.
AK Stat § 09.60.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.010. Costs and attorney fees allowed prevailing party.

(a) The supreme court shall determine by rule or order the costs, if any, that may be allowed a prevailing party in a civil action. Unless specifically authorized by statute or by agreement between the parties, attorney fees may not be awarded to a party in a civil action for personal injury, death, or property damage related to or arising out of fault, as defined in AS 09.17.900, unless the civil action is contested without trial, or fully contested as determined by the court. (b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, a court in this state may not discriminate in the award of attorney fees and costs to or against a party in a civil action or appeal based on the nature of the policy or interest advocated by the party, the number of persons affected by the outcome of the case, whether a governmental entity could be expected to bring or participate in the case, the extent of the party's economic incentive to bring the case, or any combination of these factors. (c) In a civil action or appeal concerning the establishment, protection, or enforcement of a right under the United States Constitution or the Constitution of the State of Alaska, the court (1) shall award, subject to (d) and (e) of this section, full reasonable attorney fees and costs to a claimant, who, as plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross claimant, or third-party plaintiff in the action or on appeal, has prevailed in asserting the right; (2) may not order a claimant to pay the attorney fees of the opposing party devoted to claims concerning constitutional rights if the claimant as plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross claimant, or third-party plaintiff in the action or appeal did not prevail in asserting the right, the action or appeal asserting the right was not frivolous, and the claimant did not have sufficient economic incentive to bring the action or appeal regardless of the constitutional claims involved. (d) In calculating an award of attorney fees and costs under (c)(1) of this section, (1) the court shall include in the award only that portion of the services of claimant's attorney fees and associated costs that were devoted to claims concerning rights under the United States Constitution or the Constitution of the State of Alaska upon which the claimant ultimately prevailed; and (2) the court shall make an award only if the claimant did not have sufficient economic incentive to bring the suit, regardless of the constitutional claims involved. (e) The court, in its discretion, may abate, in full or in part, an award of attorney fees and costs otherwise payable under (c) and (d) of this section if the court finds, based upon sworn affidavits or testimony, that the full imposition of the award would inflict a substantial and undue hardship upon the party ordered to pay the fees and costs or, if the party is a public entity, upon the taxpaying constituents of the public entity.
AK Stat § 09.60.015 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.015. Attorney fees in certain small claims actions.

(a) In any action for damages where the amount pleaded is $1,000 or less, and the plaintiff, when represented by counsel, prevails in the action, the plaintiff shall be allowed a reasonable amount to be fixed by the court as attorney fees for the prosecution of the action as a part of the costs of the action if the court finds that written demand for the payment of the claim was made on the defendant 20 days or more before the commencement of the action. However, attorney fees may not be allowed to the plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant tendered to the plaintiff before the commencement of the action, an amount not less than the damages awarded to the plaintiff. (b) If the defendant, when represented by counsel, pleads a counterclaim that does not exceed $1,000, and the defendant prevails in the action, the defendant shall be allowed a reasonable amount to be fixed by the court as attorney fees for the prosecution of the counterclaim as part of the costs of the action. (c) This section is subject to AS 45.50.537.
AK Stat § 09.60.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.020. Liability of guardian ad litem for costs.

A person appointed guardian ad litem by a court for an infant or incompetent defendant is not liable for the costs of the action.
AK Stat § 09.60.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.030. Guardian's responsibility for allowance against infant plaintiff.

When costs or disbursements are adjudged against an infant plaintiff or incompetent, the guardian by whom the plaintiff appeared in the action is responsible for the payment, and payment may be enforced against the guardian as if the guardian were the actual plaintiff.
AK Stat § 09.60.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.040. Costs where party is a representative.

In actions in which an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust, or a person authorized to represent a party is a party, costs may be allowed as in other cases. However, when costs are allowed against that party, they are chargeable solely upon the estate, fund, or party represented unless the court orders the costs to be paid by that party personally for mismanagement or bad faith in the conduct of the action.
AK Stat § 09.60.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.050. Costs awarded against state, borough, city, or other public agencies.

When the state or a borough, city, or other public agency or entity or an officer thereof in an official capacity is a party, costs shall be awarded against it on the same basis as against any other natural person or party. However, when the action is brought upon the information of a natural person, that person shall be liable for costs awarded against the state. The costs may not be recovered from the state until after execution has issued for the costs against that person and has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part.
AK Stat § 09.60.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.060. Security for costs where plaintiff a nonresident or foreign corporation.

When the plaintiff in an action resides out of the state or is a foreign corporation, security for the costs and attorney fees, which may be awarded against the plaintiff, may be required by the defendant, if timely demand is made within 30 days after the defendant discovers that the plaintiff is a nonresident. When required, all proceedings in the action shall be stayed until an undertaking executed by one or more sufficient sureties is filed with the court to the effect that they will pay the costs and attorney fees which are awarded against the plaintiff, for not less than $200. A new or an additional undertaking may be ordered by the court upon proof that the original undertaking is insufficient in amount or security.
AK Stat § 09.60.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.070. Attorney fees for victims of serious criminal offenses.

(a) A person who has been injured or damaged, or the estate of a person who has died, may recover from the offender full reasonable attorney fees in a civil action or a wrongful death action if the injury, damage, or death resulted from (1) an attempt on the part of the person to prevent the commission of a serious criminal offense or to apprehend an offender who has committed a serious criminal offense, or aiding or attempting to aid a police officer to do so, or aiding a victim of a serious criminal offense; or (2) the commission or attempt on the part of the offender to commit a serious criminal offense. (b) If a judgment for attorney fees is entered against an offender in a civil action brought under this section, and a contract of insurance requires an insurer to pay the attorney fees, the insurer shall be liable only for the attorney fees that would be awarded to the plaintiff under Rule 82(b)(1), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure. (c) In this section, “serious criminal offense” means the following offenses: (1) murder in any degree; (2) manslaughter; (3) criminally negligent homicide; (4) assault in any degree; (5) kidnapping; (6) sexual assault in any degree; (7) sexual abuse of a minor in any degree; (8) robbery in any degree; (9) coercion; (10) extortion; (11) arson in any degree; (12) burglary in any degree; (13) criminal mischief in the first, second, third, or fourth degree; (14) driving while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, inhalant, or controlled substance or another crime resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle, boat, or airplane when the offender is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, inhalant, or controlled substance; (15) a crime involving domestic violence, as defined in AS 18.66.990.
AK Stat § 09.60.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 1. Costs and Attorney Fees.|Sec. 09.60.080. Contingent fee agreements.

If an attorney contracts for or collects a contingency fee in connection with an action for personal injury, death, or property damage, and the damages awarded by a court or jury include an award of punitive damages, the contingent fee due the attorney shall be calculated before that portion of punitive damages due the state under AS 09.17.020(j) has been deducted from the total award of damages.
AK Stat § 09.60.210 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 2. Structured Settlements.|Sec. 09.60.210. Jurisdiction; procedure for approval of transfers.

(a) The superior court where the action giving rise to the structured settlement was maintained or could have been maintained or where the payee is domiciled has jurisdiction over an application for approval under AS 09.60.200 of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights. (b) Not less than 30 days before the scheduled hearing on an application for authorization of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under AS 09.60.200, the transferee shall file with the court and serve on any other government authority that previously approved the structured settlement and all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization. The notice must include (1) a copy of the transferee's application to the court; (2) a copy of the transfer agreement; (3) a copy of the disclosure statement required under AS 09.60.200; (4) notification that an interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or by participating in the hearing; and (5) notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the application must be filed in order to be considered by the court. (c) Written responses to the application must be filed within 15 days after service of the transferee's notice.
AK Stat § 09.60.220 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 60. Costs and Attorney Fees; Settlements|Article 2. Structured Settlements.|Sec. 09.60.220. No waiver and no penalty.

(a) The provisions of AS 09.60.200 - 09.60.230 may not be waived. (b) A payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights may not incur a penalty, forfeit an application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee based on the failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of AS 09.60.200 - 09.60.230.
AK Stat § 09.63.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure|Chapter 63. Oath, Acknowledgment, and Other Proof|Article 1. Oaths, Certifications, Notarizations, and Verifications.|Sec. 09.63.010. Oath, affirmation, and acknowledgment.

The following persons may take an oath, affirmation, or acknowledgment in the state: (1) a justice, judge, or magistrate of a court of the State of Alaska or of the United States; (2) a clerk or deputy clerk of a court of the State of Alaska or of the United States; (3) a notary public; (4) a United States postmaster; (5) a commissioned officer under AS 09.63.050(4); (6) a municipal clerk carrying out the clerk's duties under AS 29.20.380; (7) the lieutenant governor when carrying out the lieutenant governor's duties under AS 24.05.160; (8) the presiding officer of each legislative house when carrying out the officer's duties under AS 24.05.170.