Alaska Statutes: AS 09.68.050. Civil Liability For Malicious Claim Against State Permitted Project.

Alaska Statutes. Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure Chapter 68. Miscellaneous Provisions Section 50. Civil Liability For Malicious Claim Against State Permitted Project.

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AS 09.68.050. Civil Liability For Malicious Claim Against State Permitted Project.

(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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