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SEWARD MARINE SERVICES, INC. v. ANDERSON

No. 5791.

643 P.2d 493 (1982)

SEWARD MARINE SERVICES, INC., and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Margaret A. ANDERSON and Rhonda K. Anderson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall J. Weddle, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Anchorage, for appellants.

Walter H. Garretson, Garretson & Almaras, Anchorage, for appellees.

Timothy M. Stone, Anchorage, for amicus curiae Peter Kiewit.

Lance C. Parrish and James A. Parrish, Parrish Law Office, Fairbanks, for amicus curiae Ivory Garrett.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether AS 23.30.175(a), the section of the Workers' Compensation Act governing maximum benefit rates, requires calculation of maximum rates at an increasing percentage of the state's average weekly wage for injuries or death occurring after August 31, 1977. On the strength of a footnote in Wien Air Alaska v. Arant, 592 P.2d 352 (Alaska 1979), the...

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