Bridges v. Alaska Housing Authority

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that individual government defendants enjoyed official immunity but allowing plaintiffs to recover damages from the State
• rejecting a fair market value measure of damages and approving a replacement cost measure in an unusual situation in which fair market value did not adequately compensate an owner for the damage done to her building
• rejecting a fair market value measure of damages and approving a replacement cost measure in an unusual situation in which fair market value did not adequately compensate an owner for the damage done to her building
• public officers acting within scope of official duties are immune from liability for damages resulting “because of an erroneous interpretation and application of law”
• “[I]n order to recover punitive or exemplary damages, the plaintiff must prove that the wrongdoer’s conduct was ‘outrageous, such as acts done with malice or bad motives or a reckless indifference to the interests of another.’ ”
• housing authority liable even if employees are immune

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).