ALASKA INTERSTATE v. HOUSTON

No. 3655.

586 P.2d 618 (1978)

ALASKA INTERSTATE (Burgess Construction) and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Appellants, v. Joseph HOUSTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon E. Evans, Ely, Guess & Rudd, Juneau, for appellants.

W.G. Ruddy, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Juneau, for appellee.

Randall J. Weedle, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Juneau, for Alaska Pacific Assurance Co., amicus curiae.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This appeal is from the superior court's reversal of a decision of the Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board which awarded an attorney fee of $1,000 to Joseph Houston pursuant to AS 23.30.145(b).1 The superior court disagreed and awarded an attorney fee based on the minimum percentage schedule set out in AS 23.30.145(a), computed on the amount in controversy...

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