Chena Obstetrics and Gynecology and Dale Hardy CNM, and Banner Medical Group d/b/a Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and…

Summary

The court held that the superior court correctly denied relief from judgment under Alaska Civil Rule 60(b)(1) because Bridges’s attorneys’ neglect was inexcusable. It further held that ordinary or inexcusable attorney neglect cannot support relief under Rule 60(b)(6) unless the attorney effectively abandoned the client, which the record did not show. The court therefore reversed and remanded for entry of judgment in favor of the defendants.