Parks wrongful death suit trial set for Jan. 13, 2020

This week Superior Court Judge Carey scheduled the wrongful death lawsuit against the Petersburg Borough for Jan. 13, 2020. The borough, State of Alaska and Chris Allen are all

named as defendants in the suit filed by the Estate of Molly Parks.

Parks, 18, and Marie Giesbrecht, 19, died on July 4, 2016 while riding in a parks and recreation van driven by Chris Allen, 23. Allen and another passenger Catherine Cardenas, 19, survived the accident.

All were employees of the Petersburg Parks and Recreation Department and were setting up for a 4th of July run-walk race.

Parks, Allen, Catherine Carden...