KEYES v. HUMANA HOSP. ALASKA, INC.

No. S-1848.

750 P.2d 343 (1988)

Melanie A. KEYES, Petitioner, v. HUMANA HOSPITAL ALASKA, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Sisters of Providence in Washington, a Washington Corporation; Terry Clifford; Dr. Scott Sims, D.O.; Dr. Frank Hollingshead, M.D.; Dr. Kenneth Bing, M.D.; Dr. John Hall, M.D.; Dr. Sigma Alpha, M.D., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Donohue, Kennelly, Azar & Donohue, P.C., Anchorage, for petitioner.

Sanford M. Gibbs and Meredith A. Ahearn, Hagans, Brown, Gibbs & Moran, Anchorage, for respondents Humana Hosp. Alaska, Inc., Sisters of Providence in Washington, Scott Sims, D.O., Frank Hollingshead, M.D., Kenneth Bing, M.D., and John Hall, M.D.

Jill E. Mickelsen, and George N. Hayes, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Inc., Anchorage, for respondent Sigma Alpha, M.D.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Petitioner Melanie Keyes challenges the constitutionality of AS 09.55.536, which provides for mandatory pre-trial review of medical malpractice claims by an expert advisory panel and makes the panel's written report admissible in evidence at trial. She specifically argues that the statute deprives her of due process of law, impairs her right to a jury trial, and violates separation of powers principles by impermissibly...

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