Whether a timely requested jury trial pursuant to the Alaska Constitution Article I, Section 16, must be granted is a question of law that should be reviewed independently. Guin v. Ha, 591 P.2d 1281, 1286 n. 6 (Alaska 1979). Also Swanner v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm’n, 874 P.2d 274, 277 (Alaska 1994).