TOLAN v. ERA HELICOPTERS, INC.

No. 7801.

699 P.2d 1265 (1985)

James TOLAN and Judith Tolan, and Providence Washington Insurance Company, Appellants, v. ERA HELICOPTERS, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Sandberg, Randolph W. Hunter, Camarot, Sandberg & Hunter, Anchorage, for appellants.

Clark Reed Nichols, Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I.

On September 24, 1978, James Tolan slipped and fell, injuring his back while getting out of a helicopter owned by ERA Helicopters, Inc. At the time of the accident Tolan was employed by a third party and received worker's compensation benefits from his employer's insurer, Providence Washington Insurance Company.

Tolan and his wife Judith sued ERA for negligently failing to provide a safe method of egress from...

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