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FIREMAN'S FUND AMERICAN INSURANCE COS. v. GOMES

No. 2421.

544 P.2d 1013 (1976)

FIREMAN'S FUND AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES and Beef & Bourbon, Appellants, v. Sandra J. GOMES, wife of Raymond J. Gomes, Jr. (Deceased), and the Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford M. Gibbs, of Hagans, Smith & Brown, Anchorage, for appellants.

Charles P. Flynn, of Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Inc., Anchorage, for appellees.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

The bizarre murder of Raymond J. Gomes gives rise to this appeal concerning the statutory presumption of compensability contained in the Alaska Workmen's Compensation Act. Gomes' employer, Beef & Bourbon, and its insurance carrier, Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the employer"), seek reversal of the superior court's affirmance...

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