Estate of Kim Ex Rel. Alexander v. Coxe

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that there must be evidence of strong legislative intent to depart from the plain meaning of a statute, and “[e]ven if legislative history is ‘somewhat contrary’ to the plain meaning of a statute, plain meaning still controls” (citations omitted)
• “reading a general-negligence exception into the statute would make the negligence-per-se and negligent-entrustment exceptions a surplusage”
• remanding for further proceedings when trial court’s summary judgment ruling relied on argument first made at oral argument and other party had no opportunity to respond
• remanding for further proceedings when trial court's decision relied on new argument made at oral argument on summary judgment without the other party having an opportunity to respond
• following other courts in concluding that plaintiffs’ due process rights were not violated
• “The PLCAA does not compel Alaska’s legislature to enact any law, nor does it commandeer any branch of Alaska’s government.” (emphasis in original)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).