PROVIDENCE WASH. INS. v. DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT

No. S-365.

699 P.2d 355 (1985)

PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance A. Cates, Paul A. Barrett, Call, Barrett & Burbank, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Steven S. Tervooren, Frank A. Pfiffner, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for an aircraft manufacturer against a workers' compensation insurance carrier which paid benefits to an injured passenger. The superior court concluded that the insurer's statutory subrogated claim is barred by the statute of limitations and it has no right of implied indemnity absent a contractual relationship with the manufacturer. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND...

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