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Alaska Statutes Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure § 09.68.050. Civil liability for malicious claim against state permitted project

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person who initiates or maintains a malicious claim for injunctive relief against a state permitted project is, in addition to any other penalty or sanction provided by law, liable in a civil action to the permittee or owner of the project for all of the following:

(1) actual damages suffered by the permittee or owner of the project as a result of the malicious claim, including

(A) wages and salaries paid to employees or contractors idled or put to nonproductive labor as a result of prosecution of the malicious claim; and

(B) increased material costs caused by prosecution of the malicious claim; and

(2) incidental or consequential damages arising under contracts associated with the project that were caused by prosecution of the malicious claim.

(b) The liability of a person for damages under this section is in addition to liability for an award of reasonable attorney fees and costs that may be made to a prevailing party under the Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.

(c) For purposes of this section, a person “initiates or maintains a malicious claim for injunctive relief against a state permitted project” if

(1) the person initiates or maintains a baseless legal or administrative claim, including an original claim, a counterclaim, or a cross-claim, against a project or activity in the state requiring one or more permits, authorizations, or approvals from a state agency;

(2) the claim is rejected by a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction or otherwise terminated adverse to the person;

(3) the claim is initiated or maintained in bad faith for an end other than the end it was designed to accomplish;

(4) the person acts with malice in initiating or maintaining the claim; and

(5) the permittee or owner of the project is damaged by the initiation or maintenance of the claim.

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