Alaska Statutes 09.55.520 – Collusive judgment not a bar to another action
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 09.55.520
- action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Recovery of a judgment for a penalty or forfeiture obtained by collusion between the plaintiff and defendant with intent to save the defendant wholly or partially from the consequence contemplated by law in cases where penalty or forfeiture is given wholly or partly to the person who prosecutes, does not bar the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture by another person in a separate action.