Shirley J. Coulson v. Marsh & McLennan, Inc., Charles Anderson, Jackie Brunton, and Anderson-Brunton Insurance Brokers, Inc.

MMI is a national insurance brokerage firm that had an
office in Anchorage. It employed Shirley Coulson as an insurance
account executive in its Anchorage office. When MMI sold its book
of business to ABIB in 1992, ABIB took over MMI's Anchorage office
space. ABIB offered employment to Coulson, who declined the offer
on May 4, 1992. Immediately after she declined the offer, ABIB
asked her to leave the office; Coulson was to return later for her
personal property. Coulson claimed that when she returned several
days later to clean out her office and desk, she discovered that
some of her personal files and her insurance reference materials
were missing. She informed Charles Anderson, an ABIB owner, that
an important file marked "Shirley" was not in her office. ABIB
retrieved this file and returned it to her. No other materials
were returned to her.

Coulson sued MMI, ABIB, and ABIB's principals, alleging:
invasion of privacy, conversion, negligent infliction of emotional
distress (NIED), intentional infliction of emotional distress
(IIED), intentional interference with prospective economic
advantage, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing, employment discrimination, and negligence. She sought an
order directing the defendants to return her files and personal
effects, monetary damages exceeding $50,000 for her common law
claims, punitive damages, and attorney's fees and costs.

Judgment for defendants.

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Affirmed by the Supreme Court of Alaska. See: 973 P.2d 1141 (Alaska 1999). The date shown above is the date of the appellate decision.