EXXON CORP. v. ALVEY

Nos. 7813, 7877 and 7878.

690 P.2d 733 (1984)

EXXON CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Michael Ken ALVEY and Loffland Brothers Company, Appellees. LOFFLAND BROTHERS COMPANY, Cross-Appellant, v. EXXON CORPORATION, Cross-Appellee. Michael Ken ALVEY, Cross-Appellant, v. EXXON CORPORATION, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.A. Burr, Peter J. Maassen, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellee, Exxon Corp.

Stephen S. DeLisio, Michael C. Geraghty, Schaible, Staley, DeLisio & Cook, Inc., Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant, Loffland Bros., Inc.

George W. Korte, Korte, Crain & Heisler, San Francisco, Cal., and Robert L. Griffin, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant, Michael Ken Alvey.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

This is an appeal of a personal injury action brought by Michael Ken Alvey to recover for the serious injuries he received from falling in a "seismic" hole at an oil drilling site on Alaska's North Slope. The site was leased by the defendant, Exxon Corporation (Exxon). Exxon filed a third-party claim against Loffland Brothers Company (Loffland), an independent contractor who provided drilling...

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