Sykes v. Melba Creek Mining, Inc.

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• holding that argument briefed in cursory manner and without citing supporting authority is considered abandoned
• explaining that “[a] cause of action is sufficiently pled if it provides the defendant with fair notice of the nature of the claim,” and that pleadings should be construed liberally (citing Alaska Ct. R. Civ. P. 8(a))
• explaining that “[a] cause of action is suffi- ciently pled if it provides the defendant with fair notice of the nature of the claim,” and that pleadings should be construed liberally (citing Alaska Ct. R. Civ. P. 8(a))
• explaining that because the case was tried before the trial court without a jury, a new trial was not necessary, and remanding for the court to reconsider its ruling after taking testimony from the witnesses it erroneously precluded
• reversing the superior court's order prohibiting Sykes, who had missed the filing deadlines, from calling any expert witnesses because the order \`ha[d] the effect of . . . determining a central issue in the litigation'\
• reversible error where trial court precluded expert witness testimony as sanction for untimely submission of witness list

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