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STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. BURGESS CONST. CO.

No. 3091.

575 P.2d 792 (1978)

STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS and Alaska Pacific Assurance Company, Appellants, v. BURGESS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Employers Mutual Companies, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Flynn, Burr, Pease and Kurtz, Inc., Anchorage, for appellants.

Dennis E. Cook, Merdes, Schaible, Staley and Delisio, Inc., Fairbanks, for appellees.

Ronald W. Lorensen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for amicus curiae, Alaska Workmen's Compensation Bd.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this appeal we are called upon to unravel a series of procedural mishaps which occurred in an appeal to the superior court from a decision of the Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board).

The case began when Thurman Benson filed a claim for workmen's compensation against appellee Burgess Construction Company and appellant State of Alaska, Department...

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