Lennie Lane Iii, Appellant v. John Ballot, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Annie Ballot, Appellee

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment imposing tort liability on Lane based on the collateral-estoppel effect of his criminal convictions for sexual assault and assault. The court held that Lane's conviction was not genuinely disputed because his attorney stipulated to it, that a pending criminal appeal did not prevent preclusion, and that a guilty-but-mentally-ill verdict established the requisite criminal responsibility and mental states for related tort claims.