Elizabeth Heynen, Appellant v. Julene Fairbanks, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for the landlord after a jury found that neither the landlord nor the other persons listed on the verdict form was negligent. The court held that reasonable jurors could find that the landlord's inspection was reasonable and that the stair failed because of a latent defect, and that the evidence supported submitting comparative negligence and fault allocation issues to the jury. The court found no abuse of discretion in the challenged motions in limine and declined to reach the medical-records issue as moot.