Adrienne Titus, Personal Representative of the Estate of Joel Titus v. State of Alaska, Department of Corrections…

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court reversed the summary judgment granting to Golden Heart Emergency Physicians, holding that the plaintiff's psychiatric expert was qualified to testify on the standard of care for alcohol withdrawal treatment in an emergency setting and that genuine issues of material fact remained. The court interpreted the statutory terms "matter at issue" and expert qualifications flexibly, allowing experts from related fields to testify.