ANDERSON v. EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORP.

No. 1494.

498 P.2d 288 (1972)

Richard A. ANDERSON, Appellant, v. EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATION and Universal Services, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Erwin, Anchorage, for appellant.

Charles W. Hagans, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ and CONNOR, JJ.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

An employee at a remote site suffered injuries during the period when he was off his regular shift but was subject to call at any time. The question on appeal is whether the injuries are compensable under the Alaska system of workmen's compensation.

Richard Anderson was employed by Universal Services, Inc., as an electrician-lineman on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, admittedly a remote site. Anderson lived on the employer...

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