Dusty Christoffersen, Appellant v. State of Alaska, Court Custody Investigator's Office, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for the State, holding that a court-appointed custody investigator is protected by absolute quasi-judicial immunity for conduct undertaken in the course of the court-appointed investigation. The immunity also barred the plaintiffs' vicarious-liability claim against the State because the State's alleged liability was based solely on the investigator's immune conduct. The court therefore did not reach whether the investigator owed an actionable duty to warn or report the child's prior misconduct.