Alaska Supreme Court· 6/16/1972

State v. Abbott

Citations

498 P.2d 712
1972 Alas. LEXIS 273

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holding that failure to adequately sand known dangerous curve was failure to properly maintain highway; once the decision was made to maintain the highway, discretion did not include choosing to do so in a negligent manner
holding that failure to adequately sand known dangerous curve was failure to properly maintain highway; once the decision was made to maintain the highway, discretion did not include choosing to do so in a negligent manner
discussing “causation” in negligence law, particularly where more than one factor may be said to have caused an event
decision to maintain highway during winter was planning decision; decisions implementing maintenance were operational
discussing the purpose of sovereign discretionary function immunity
discussing the substantial factor test

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Judges: Boney, Rabino-Witz, Connor, Erwin, Boochever

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