EHREDT v. DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT CO. OF CANADA

Nos. S-199/204.

705 P.2d 446 (1985)

M.O. EHREDT d/b/a Arctic Guide Air Taxi, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. DeHAVILLAND AIRCRAFT COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD., Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Bookman, James N. Leik, Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellee.

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

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages to a pilot's widow against his employer and the aircraft manufacturer. The employer contends the trial court erred because (1) the trial court should have stayed the legal action pending a workers' compensation board decision on the claim, (2) the employer was protected by the exclusivity provision of the Workers' Compensation Act, (3)...

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