STAFFORD v. WESTCHESTER FIRE INS. CO. OF N. Y., INC.

No. 2030.

526 P.2d 37 (1974)

Glenn STAFFORD, Appellant, v. WESTCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., Appellee. WESTCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC., Cross-Appellant, v. Glenn STAFFORD, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra K. Saville, Kay, Miller, Libbey, Kelly, Christie & Fuld, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Smith & Brown, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice, and CONNOR, ERWIN, and FITZGERALD, Justices.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises questions of whether an injured employee must reimburse his employer's workmen's compensation carrier for all benefits received upon obtaining a settlement from a third-party tort-feasor, and whether, under the exclusive remedy provisions of Alaska's Workmen's Compensation Act, an employee is barred from suing his employer's compensation carrier for intentional torts.

On May 2, 1970, Stafford...

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