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BIGNELL v. WISE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS

No. S-742.

720 P.2d 490 (1986)

Edwin BIGNELL, Appellant, v. WISE MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS & Industrial Indemnity Company of Alaska, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Parrish and Lance C. Parrish, Parrish Law Office, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Liam J. Moran, Hagans, Brown & Gibbs, Anchorage, for appellees.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

I. History.

This case involves the question of whether an employee can recover multiple attorney's fees when his employer controverts his workers' compensation claim more than once. Edwin Bignell was injured in the course and scope of employment while employed by Wise Mechanical Contractors. Wise was insured for workers' compensation claims by Industrial Indemnity Company of Alaska, Inc. (Both will be collectively...

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