RIG TENDERS, INC. v. SANTA FE DRILLING CO.

No. 3118.

585 P.2d 505 (1978)

RIG TENDERS, INC., Cook Inlet Marine, Puget Sound Tug & Barge Company and Travelers Indemnity Company, Appellants, v. SANTA FE DRILLING COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Modified December 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Powell, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellants.

Timothy M. Stone, Hagans, Smith, Brown, Erwin & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This case is before us for the second time. The circumstances which gave rise to this action were described in our opinion in Rig Tenders, Inc. v. Santa Fe Drilling Company, 536 P.2d 114 (Alaska 1975). Only those facts necessary to an understanding of the instant appeal will be repeated here.

One of Santa Fe Drilling Company's employees had been killed while operating a crane aboard...

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