ALASKA INS. CO. v. RCA ALASKA COMMUN.

No. 4299.

623 P.2d 1216 (1981)

ALASKA INSURANCE COMPANY, an Alaska Corporation, Appellant, v. RCA ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS, INC., an Alaska Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matt O'Meara and Peter J. Aschenbrenner, Aschenbrenner & Savell, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Timothy R. Byrnes and Dennis M. Bump, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

In this appeal the question is whether a commercial tenant is an "implied co-insured" under its landlord's fire insurance policy, when a provision in the lease requires the landlord to obtain and keep in effect an insurance policy on the leased premises covering loss because of fire. Under the facts of this case, we hold that the tenant is, by legal implications, a co-insured of the landlord's policy, thereby precluding the landlord...

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