Court Opinion

ID: 9578667
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:47:16.856439+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:08.452002
License: Public Domain

DIMOND, Senior Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
I agree with the opinion on rehearing to the extent that, on the issue of comparative fault, only a partial new trial will be required, and that the amount of compensatory damages awarded at the original trial shall remain intact. However, I still adhere to my original dissent which was and still is to the effect that reasonable persons could not justifiably have different views on the question of whether Day was negligent in his handling of the revolver, but could only reach the conclusion that he was not negligent. Sturm, Ruger, & Co. v. Day, 594 P.2d 38, 49-50 (Alaska 1979). Therefore, in my opinion, even a partial new trial on the issue of comparative fault should not be required.
I concur with the opinion on rehearing to the extent that it reduces the award for punitive damages to $500,000.00, rather than to the sum of $250,000.00 as required by the original opinion in this case, and that a judgment for $500,000.00 in punitive damages may be entered on remand.