Alaska Supreme Court December 12, 2003, S-10378 (Samaniego v. City of Kodiak)

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Julia Samaniego sued the City of Kodiak, Kodiak Police Sergeant William D. Marsh, and Officer Milton Bohac, alleging that Sergeant Marsh and Officer Bohac used excessive force in arresting her. At trial, one of Kodiak’s psychiatric experts, Dr. Stephen M. Raffle, was permitted to testify about his diagnosis of Samaniego.