KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH v. SALING

No. 3820.

604 P.2d 590 (1979)

KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH and Insurance Company of North America, Appellants, v. Mac L. SALING and Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Peterson, Zeigler, Cloudy, Smith, King & Brown, Ketchikan, for appellants.

Gregory M. O'Leary, Alaska Legal Services, Anchorage, for Saling.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This worker's compensation case involves the question of who is liable for compensation benefits when employment with two successive employers contributes to a worker's disability. The worker in this case, Mac Saling, was employed in 1968 as a harbor master for the City of Ketchikan. On June 13, 1968, he was seriously injured when he picked up a flashlight that had been rigged with explosives.1 The explosion...

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