Background
Luce, L. Ames was born on February 25, 1938 in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania, United States.
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L. Ames Luce
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University of West Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1961. Bachelor of Laws, 1964).
Career
Worked at Law Offices of L. Ames Luce A Professional Corporation (Anchorage, Alaska) specializing in Trial Practice. Personal Injury, Malpractice, Products Liability, Aviation and Admiralty Law. Admitted to the bar, 1964, West Virginia.
1969, Alaska.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Member, West Virginia Law Review, 1963-1964. Member: Anchorage, Alaska and American Bar Associations.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1988. Nominated, Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1988).
Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1977-1979).
Military: With United States. Air Force, Judge Advocate, 1964-1969. The firm represents only personal injury plaintiffs in complex product liability, medical malpractice, aviation, highway design, maritime and auto mobile cases.
The firm was Alaska"s first plaintiff only personal injury law firm.
The firm members are proud not only of their many trial successes, but also of their participation in several Alaska Supreme Court cases establishing and protecting the rights of injured persons. See, e.g. Jackson v. Power, 743 P.2d 1376 (Alaska, 1987) hospital vicarious liability for emergency room negligence.
Schultz v. Travelers Indemnity Company, 754 P.2d 265 (Alaska, 1988) insurance good faith duty to settle for policy limits.
Beech Aircraft Corporation v. Harvey, 558 P.2d 879 (Alaska, 1979) Alaska"s first aviation tort jury verdict in excess of $1,000,000.
Parker Drilling Company v. O"Neil, 674 P.2d 770 (Alaska, 1983) right to safe place to work.
And Alaskan Village, Incorporated. v.
Smalley, 720 P.2d 945 (Alaska, 1986) premises liability, punitive damages. The firm attained a verdict in Heflin v. United States of America (1989) for $8,137,000, which was one of the largest recorded verdicts in a federal tort claim medical malpractice case.
The firm"s work was again nationally recognized in the case of Fields v.
Honda, which was featured in "Tom on Torts" in the American Trial Lawyers Association Law Reporter, Volume 34, Number. 4, May 1991.
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Membership
Member, West Virginia Law Review, 1963-1964. Member: Anchorage, Alaska and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1988.
Nominated, Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1988).
Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1977-1979). Military: With United States.
Air Force, Judge Advocate, 1964-1969.
