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MILLER v. NORTHSIDE DANZI CONST. CO.

No. 4856.

629 P.2d 1389 (1981)

Edwin MILLER, as personal representative of the estate of Douglas B. Miller, Appellant, v. NORTHSIDE DANZI CONSTRUCTION CO. and Sweet & Sour Construction Co., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Parrish, Parrish Law Office, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Michael C. Geraghty, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Inc., Fairbanks, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, J.J. and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal raises a question of first impression in the State of Alaska: whether a general contractor, who, by operation of the contractor-under clause contained in AS 23.30.045(a), has been required to pay workers' compensation benefits to the employee of an uninsured subcontractor, is an employer for purposes of immunity from common law liability. For the reasons set forth below; we hold...

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