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WRIGHT v. ACTION VENDING COMPANY, INC.

No. 2325.

544 P.2d 82 (1975)

Judith Page WRIGHT, Appellant, v. ACTION VENDING COMPANY, INC., an Alaskan Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 31, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. West, West & Wood, Anchorage, for appellant.

Kenneth P. Jacobus and David H. Thorsness, Hughes, Thorsness, Lowe, Gantz & Powell, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice, and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and BURKE, Justices.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This appeal questions whether a spouse's tort action for loss of consortium against her injured husband's employer is barred by the workmen's compensation "exclusive liability" provision, AS 23.30.055.

On August 14, 1973 David Wright, an employee of the Action Vending Company, Inc., was injured in the course of his employment. He received workmen's compensation benefits for his injuries. On April 18, 1974 Janet Wright, his...

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