The Alaska House rejected a $495,000 legal settlement with two former Alaska Psychiatric Institute doctors illegally fired by Gov. Dunleavy and his former chief of staff in 2018.
Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, kneels on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 to talk to fellow lawmakers during a break from debate on the state's operating budget. with two former Alaska Psychiatric Institute doctors illegally fired by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his former chief of staff in 2018.from a state budget line item for settlements.
“The bottom line is that the very people who secured this victory … are the ones being punished and made to pay,” said Stephen Koteff, the legal director of the ACLU of Alaska, which represented the doctors. The state, which was a party to the lawsuit and paid for the governor’s defense, prepared to appeal, but the ACLU and state reached a settlement agreement that included a payment and a pledge by the state to not repeat the actions that prompted the lawsuit. In exchange, the ACLU dropped the suit.
Lee, from the Department of Law, said officials there believe that if the Legislature fails to pay for the settlement, “it will have repercussions on the willingness of other parties to sit down with the Department of Law to settle with the state. This increases expenses and would result in more cases going to trial.”
Wasilla Republicans David Eastman and Christopher Kurka, members of the minority, voted in favor of the amendment, and majority Rep. Kelly Merrick, R-Eagle River, voted against it. Two members of the majority and independent Rep. Sara Rasmussen, R-Anchorage, were excused absent.
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