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Alaska Mass Tort Survey

    

 

   

Mass Tort
Alaska
Survey Results



Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

None known.

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Definition of "mass tort"

None known.

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Procedural rules

Alaska R. Civ. Proc. 23: Class Actions

6 Alaska Admin. Code 30.420. Class action complaint at hearing. Governs class actions related to state commission for human rights.

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Statutes

See procedural rules, above.

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Case law

None known.

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Administrative orders

Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District at Anchorage. A.O. 3AO-03-04 (Amended). Uniform Pretrial Order.

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Interlocutory appeal

Alaska R. App. Proc. 210. Record on Appeal. Provides procedures for making interlocutory appeal. Interlocutory orders of trial court may be reviewed in the appellate court by filing a petition for review. Grant of the petition is discretionary.

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Infrastructure: special dockets

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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

Governor's Advisory Task Force on Civil Justice.  Administrative Order No. 165. 

Alaska Judicial Council. Alaska Civil Cases: June 1999-December 2000. Anchorage: Alaska Judicial Council, May 2001.

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Case management

Alaska R. Civ. Proc. R. 16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management. Mandatory scheduling conference for most case types. Rule provides subjects for consideration during conference (c); timing for final conference (d); pretrial orders (e); sanctions (f).

The Alaska Appellate Courts Case Management System is an online resource that allows users to look up information about appellate cases by appellate case number, party name, trial court number, or list of appellate cases. Users may also download forms, view appellate opinions and rules, and view supreme court and appeals oral argument schedules. The project was funded by a grant from the State Justice Institute to demonstrate how state court appellate case information can be made available to attorneys and the public over the Internet.

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Technology

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Last Modified: 8/24/2006 4:17:03 PM

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