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STATE v. MORRIS

Nos. 2218 and 2253.

555 P.2d 1216 (1976)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Mildred R. MORRIS, Administratrix of the Estate of Steven G. Weber, Deceased, Appellee. Mildred R. MORRIS, Administratrix of the Estate of Steven G. Weber, Deceased, Cross-Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Eastaugh, Delaney, Wiles, Moore, Hayes & Reitman, Anchorage, for appellant.

Allen L. Jewell, Hahn, Jewell & Stanfill, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, Justices, and DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

On March 28, 1967, ironworker Steven G. Weber was operating a jack from a small scaffold without guardrails, suspended below the Tanana Bridge project about 40 feet above the Tanana River. His employer, Manson-Osberg Company, was constructing the bridge as contractor for the State of Alaska, and negligently failed to provide safety nets, tie lines or other safety equipment. Weber's makeshift, nonlocking jack handle extension suddenly...

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