Brent McCormick v. Chippewa, Inc. and Louis Olson

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the superior court’s discovery and evidentiary rulings but vacated summary judgment for Chippewa and the related attorney-fee award. Conflicting accounts of a settlement-negotiation telephone call created a genuine issue of material fact concerning whether the parties agreed to a single policy limit, left the number of occurrences unresolved, or failed to reach an enforceable agreement. The court remanded for a trier of fact to determine whether an agreement existed and, if so, its terms.