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BENSON v. CITY OF NENANA

No. S-1169.

725 P.2d 490 (1986)

Barry E. BENSON and Judy Benson, husband and wife, Petitioners, v. CITY OF NENANA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Ames Luce, Law Offices of L. Ames Luce, Anchorage, and Millard F. Ingraham, Law Offices of Millard F. Ingraham, P.C., Fairbanks, for petitioners.

Charles Hagans, Hagans, Brown & Gibbs, Anchorage, for respondent.

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

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Barry and Judy Benson brought a negligence action against the City of Nenana for injuries suffered by Barry while working on a city project. The city contended that Benson was an employee of the city and thus it was liable only under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act.1 Benson, on the other hand, claimed that the Act did not apply because he was an independent contractor...

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